Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2015 — Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland v OHIM — Lotte (Representation of a koala bear)
(Case T-483/12) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark representing koala bears — Earlier national three-dimensional mark KOALA-BÄREN and earlier national figurative mark KOALA — Genuine use of the mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz and P. Blumenthal, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka and D. Botis, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Lotte Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: M. Knitter and H. Bickel, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 September 2012 (Case R 2103/2010-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Nestlé Schöller GmbH & Co. KG and Lotte Co. Ltd
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 3 September 2012 (Case R 2103/2010-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Nestlé Schöller GmbH & Co. KG and Lotte Co. Ltd;
2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Nestlé Unternehmungen Deutschland GmbH;
3 Orders Lotte Co. Ltd to bear its own costs.
____________1 OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.