Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2015 — Klaes v OHIM — Klaes Kunststoffe (Klaes)
(Case T-453/13) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Klaes — Prior Community figurative mark Klaes — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC ) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Horst Klaes GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany) (represented by: B. Dix, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Pohlmann, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Klaes Kunststoffe GmbH (Neuenrade, Germany) (represented initially by: J. Schneider, and subsequently by: S. Schweyer, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 June 2013 (Case R 1206/2012-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Horst Klaes GmbH & Co. KG and Klaes Kunststoffe GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Horst Klaes GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);
3. Orders Klaes Kunststoffe GmbH to bear its own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 313, 26.10.2013.