Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2012 - Hell Energy Magyarország v OHIM - Hansa Mineralbrunnen (HELL)
(Case T-522/10)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark HELL - Earlier Community word mark HELLA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods and of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Hell Energy Magyarország kft (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: M. Treis, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Hansa Mineralbrunnen GmbH (Rellingen, Germany) (represented by: A. Renck, V. von Bomhard, E. Nicolás Gómez and T. Dolde, lawyers)
Re:
Action against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 August 2010 (Case R 1517/2009-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Hansa Mineralbrunnen GmbH and Hell Energy Magyarország.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Hell Energy Magyarország kft to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 13, 15.1.2011.