Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2013 – Leiner v OHIM – Recaro (REVARO)
(Case T-349/12) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark REVARO – Earlier international word mark RECARO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Rudolf Leiner GmbH (Sankt Pölten, Austria) (represented by: W. Emberger, I. Rudnay and L. Emberger, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Recaro Holding GmbH, formerly Recaro Beteiligungs-GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by: J. Weiser, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 May 2012 (Case R 482/2011-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Recaro Beteiligungs-GmbH and Rudolf Leiner GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Rudolf Leiner GmbH to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 287, 22.9.2012.