Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2013 - AMC-Representações Têxteis v OHIM - MIP Metro (METRO KIDS COMPANY)
(Case T-50/12)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark METRO KIDS COMPANY - Earlier international figurative mark METRO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: AMC-Representações Têxteis Lda (Taveiro, Portugal) (represented by: V. Caires Soares, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, 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 24 November 2011 (Case R 2314/2010-1), concerning opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and AMC-Representações Têxteis Lda.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders AMC-Representações Têxteis Lda to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.