Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2015 — David Bonney v OHIM — Bruno (ATHEIST)
(Case T-714/14) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ATHEIST — Earlier national word mark athé — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: David Bonney (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: D. Farnsworth, Solicitor)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially by L. Rampini, and subsequently by D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Vanessa Bruno (Paris, France)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 August 2015 (Case R 803/2013-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Ms Vanessa Bruno and Mr David Bonney.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr David Bonney to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
____________1 OJ C 431, 1.12.2014.