Judgment of the General Court of 7 May 2013 - macros consult v OHIM - MIP Metro (makro)
(Case T-579/10)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark makro - Company name macros consult GmbH - Right acquired prior to the application for registration of a Community trade mark and entitling its holder to prohibit the use of the Community trade mark applied for - Non-registered signs protected under German law - Article 5 of the Markengesetz - Article 8(4), Article 53(1)(c), and Article 65 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: macros consult GmbH - Unternehmensberatung für Wirtschafts- und Finanztechnologie (Ottobrunn, Germany) (represented initially by T. Raible, and subsequently by M. Daubenmerkl, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented initially by R. Manea, and subsequently by G. Schneider, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 October 2010 (Case R 339/2009-4) relating to invalidity proceedings between macros consult GmbH - Unternehmensberatung für Wirtschafts- und Finanztechnologie and MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG.
Operative part
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders macros consult GmbH - Unternehmensberatung für Wirtschafts- und Finanztechnologie to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 55, 19.2.2011.