Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2013 – IBSolution v OHIM – IBS (IBSolution)
(Case T-533/12) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community word mark IBSolution – Earlier Community figurative mark IBS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: IBSolution GmbH (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: F. Ekey, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: L. Rampini, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: IBS AB (Solna, Sweden)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 September 2012 (Case R 771/2011-2) relating to opposition proceedings between IBS AB and IBSolution GmbH
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders IBSolution GmbH to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 46, 16.2.2013.