Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2011 - Inter IKEA Systems v OHIM - Meteor Controls (GLÄNSA)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark GLÄNSA - Earlier Community word mark GLANZ - 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: English
Parties
Applicant: Inter IKEA Systems BV (Delft, Netherlands) (represented by: J. Gulliksson, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: R. Pethke, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Meteor Controls International Ltd (Cookstown, United Kingdom)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 December 2009 (Case R 529/2009-2) in relation to opposition proceedings between Meteor Controls International Ltd and Inter IKEA Systems BV
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Inter IKEA Systems BV to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.