Judgment of the General Court of 18 November 2014 — Repsol v OHIM — Adell Argiles (ELECTROLINERA)

(Case T-308/13) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark ELECTROLINERA — Earlier national word mark ELECTROLINERA — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion − Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)Language of the case: SpanishPartiesApplicant: Repsol, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.-B. Devaureix and L. Montoya Terán, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. C

onfusion − Article 8(1)(b) of

Regulati

on (EC) No 207/2009)Language of the case: SpanishPartiesApplicant: Repsol, SA (Madrid, Spain) (repre

rought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 March 2013 (Case R 1565/2012-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Josep María Adell Argiles and Repsol, SA.Operative part of the judgme

ntThe Court:1.    Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)(OHIM) of 7 March 2013 (Case R 1565/2012 1), relating to opposition proceedi

ngs

between Mr Josep María Adell Argiles and Repsol, SA. In so far as concerns the ‘industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels (including motor spirit)’ in Class 4 of the Nice Agreement concerning th

e International Classification

of Goods an

d Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended;2.    Dismisses the action as to the remainder;3.    Orders each party to bear its own costs.