Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2014 – Genebre v OHIM – General Electric (GE)
(Case T-520/11) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark GE – Earlier national word mark GE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Genebre, SA (Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: D. Pellisé Urquiza, lawyer)
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 intervening before the General Court: General Electric Company (Schenectady, United States) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, initially, then E. Armijo Chávarri, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 July 2011 (Case R 20/2009-4), relating to opposition proceedings between General Electric Company and Genebre SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Genebre SA to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 13, 14.1.2012.