Judgment of the General Court of 30 May 2013 – Brauerei Beck v OHIM – Aldi (Be Light)
(Case T-172/12) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark Be Light – Earlier Community mark BECK’s – relative ground for refusal – No similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KG (Bremen, Germany) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt and C. Töbelmann Valeska, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) (representanted by: N. Lützenrath, U. Rademacher, L. Kolks and C. Fürsen Cay, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 January 2012 (Case R 2258/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KG and Aldi GmbH & Co. KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the application;
2. Orders Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KG to pay, besides its own costs, those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and Aldi GmbH & Co. KG.
____________1 OJ C 194, 30.6.2012.