Judgment of the General Court of 11 May 2011 - Flaco Geräte v OHIM - Delgado Sámchez (FLACO)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark FLACO - Earlier national word mark FLACO - Relative ground for refusal - Identical goods - Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 and Rule 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Flaco Geräte GmbH (Gütersloh, Germany) (represented by: M. Wirtz, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard Monguiral, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Jesús Delgado Sánchez (Socuellamos, Spain)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 November 2009 (Case R 86/2009-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Mr Jesús Delgado Sánchez and Flaco Geräte GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Flaco-Geräte GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 100, 17.4.2010.