Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2013 – Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones v OHIM – MIP Metro (METRO)
(Case T-197/12) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark METRO – Earlier Community figurative mark GRUPOMETROPOLIS – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Right to a fair hearing – Article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms – Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, lawyer)
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, intervener before the General Court: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 March 2012 (Case R 2440/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL and MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 209, 14.7.2012.