Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2014 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM - Technisynthese (BTS)
(Case T-592/10) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark BTS — Earlier Community and national figurative marks TBS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by M. López Camba and J. L. Rivas Zurdo initially, then J. L. Rivas Zurdo, E. Seijo Veiguela and I. Munilla Muñoz, 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: Technisynthese SARL (Saint-Pierre-Montlimart, France)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 September 2010 (Case R 1380/2009-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Technisynthese SARL and El Corte Inglés, SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 80, 12.3.2011.