Judgment of the General Court of 18 February 2011 - P.P.TV v OHIM - Rentrak (PPT)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark PPT - Earlier national figurative mark PPTV - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: P.P.TV - Publicidade de Portugal e Televisão, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: I. de Carvalho Simões and J.M. Conceição Pimenta, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen and, subsequently, D. Botis, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Rentrak Corp. (Portland, Oregon, United States)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 January 2007 (Case R 1040/2005-1) concerning opposition proceedings between P.P.TV - Publicidade de Portugal e Televisão, SA and Rentrak Corp.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders P.P.TV - Publicidade de Portugal e Televisão, SA, to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 155, 7.7.2007.