Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2012 - pelicantravel.com v OHIM - Pelikan (pelican)
(Case T-136/11)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings- Community figurative mark pelikan - Absolute ground for refusal - No bad faith on the part of the applicant - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: pelicantravel.com s.r.o. (Bratislava, Slovakia) (represented by: M. Chlipala, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: A. Nordemann, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 December 2010 (Case R 1428/2009-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between pelicantravel.com s.r.o. and Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders pelicantravel.com s.r.o. to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 139, 7.5.2011.