Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 – Avery Dennison v OHIM (AVERY DENNISON)
(Case T-200/10) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark AVERY DENNISON – Earlier national word mark DENNISON – 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 – Subject-matter of the dispute before the Board of Appeal)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Avery Dennison Corp. (Pasadena, California, United States) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri, A. Castán Pérez-Gómez and A. Sanz Cerralbo, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Dennison-Hesperia, SA (Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain) (represented by: L. Broschat García, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 February 2010 (Case R 798/2009-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Dennison-Hesperia, SA and Avery Dennison Corp.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Avery Dennison Corp. to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 161, 19.6.2010.