Action brought on 15 November 2011 - Przedsiębiorstwo Handlowe Medox Lepiarz Lepiarz v OHIM - Henkel (SUPER GLUE)

(Case T-591/11)

Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Przedsiębiorstwo Handlowe Medox Lepiarz Jarosław Lepiarz Alicja sp. j. (Jaworzno, Republic of Poland) (represented by: M. Konieczyński, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Henkel Corp. (Gulph Mills, United States)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 12 September 2011 in Case R 1147/2010-4;

order the defendant to pay the costs, including the costs of representation in the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Przedsiębiorstwo Handlowe Medox Lepiarz Lepiarz

Community trade mark concerned: figurative trade mark depicting a tube in the colours white, black, grey and yellow and containing the word element 'SUPER GLUE', for goods in Classes 1 and 16 - Community trade mark application No 7 262 405

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Henkel Corp.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Word mark No 377 517 'SUPERGLUE' registered in Benelux, for goods in Classes 1 and 16

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition partially upheld

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009  as regards establishment of the similarity of the trade marks and of the likelihood of confusion on the part of consumers

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¹ - Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).