Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2012 - Goutier v OHIM - Euro Data (ARANTAX)
(Case T-387/10)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ARANTAX - Earlier national word mark ANTAX - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Klaus Goutier (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) (represented by: E. Happe, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Euro Data GmbH & Co. KG, Datenverarbeitungsdienst (Saarbrucken, Germany) (represented by: D. Wagner, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 July 2010 (Case R 126/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Euro Data GmbH & Co. KG, Datenverarbeitungsdienst and Mr Klaus Goutier.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mr Klaus Goutier to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.