Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2014 – Lidl Stiftung v OHIM - Lídl Music (LIDL express)
(Case T-225/12) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark LIDL express — Earlier national figurative mark LÍDL MUSIC — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 15(1) and Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: initially by M. Schaeffer, M. Wolter and A. Marx, and subsequently by M. Wolter, A. Marx and M. Kefferpütz, lawyers)
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: Lídl Music spol. s r.o. (Brno, Czech Republic)
Re:
Action for annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 March 2012 (Case R 2379/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Lídl Music spol. s r.o. and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 227, 28.7.2012.