Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2015 — Deutsche Post v OHIM — PostNL Holding (TPG POST)
(Case T-102/14) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark TPG POST — Earlier national and Community word marks POST and Deutsche Post — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Deutsche Post AG (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: K. Hamacher and C. Giersdorf, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider and S. Hanne, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: PostNL Holding BV (The Hague, Netherlands)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 December 2013 (Case R 2108/2012-1), relating to opposition proceedings between PostNL Holding BV and Deutsche Post AG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the application.
2. Orders Deutsche Post AG to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C112, 14.4.2014.