Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 - Meica v OHIM - TofuTown.com (TOFUKING)
(Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for the Community trade mark TOFUKING - Earlier national word mark King - Earlier national and Community word marks Curry King - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG (Edewecht, Germany) (represented by: S. Russlies, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: TofuTown.com GmbH (Wiesbaum, Germany) (represented by: B. Krause and F. Cordt, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG and TofuTown.com 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 7 January 2010 (Case R 63/2009-4);
2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and those incurred by Meica Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co KG;
3 Orders TofuTown.com GmbH to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.