Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 May 2013 — Seba Diş Tįcaret ve Naklįyat v OHIM — von Eicken (SEBA TRADITION)
(Case T‑508/10)
Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark SEBA TRADITION — Earlier national figurative mark JOHANN WILHELM VON EICKEN TRADITION — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
1. Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Assessment of the likelihood of confusion — Criteria (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 18, 19, 49)
2. Community trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Relative grounds for invalidity — Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Figurative marks SEBA TRADITION and JOHANN WILHELM VON EICKEN TRADITION (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(1)(b), and 53(1)(a)) (see paras 22, 23, 34, 35, 42, 46, 48, 53, 54)
3. Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Similarity of the marks concerned — Criteria for assessment — Complex mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 24-26)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 August 2010 (Case R 559/2009‑4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Joh. Wilh. von Eicken GmbH and Seba Diş Tįcaret ve Naklįyat AŞ. |
Operative part
The Court:
2. | | Orders Seba Diş Tįcaret ve Naklįyat AŞ to pay the costs. |