Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2011 - medi v OHIM - Deutsche Medien Center (deutschemedi.de)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark deutschemedi.de - Earlier Community word mark World of medi, earlier national figurative and word marks medi.eu, medi welt, medi-Verband and medi, and earlier trading name and company name medi - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: medi GmbH & Co. KG (Bayreuth, Germany) (represented by: H. Lindner, D. Terheggen and T. Kiphuth, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Deutsche Medien Center GmbH (Dortmund, Germany)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 March 2010 (Case R 1336/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Weihermüller & Voigtmann GmbH & Co. KG and Deutsche Medi Präventions GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 16 March 2010 (Case R 1336/2008-4);
2. Orders OHIM to bear, in addition to its own costs, the costs of Medi GmbH & Co. KG;
3. Orders Deutsche Medien Center GmbH to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.