Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2015 — Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll v OHIM — Ceramicas del Foix (Rock & Rock)
(Case T-436/12) 1
(Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark Rock & Rock — Earlier national word marks MASTERROCK, FIXROCK, FLEXIROCK, COVERROCK and CEILROCK — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll GmbH & Co. OHG (Gladbeck, Germany) (represented by: J. Krenzel, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Ceramicas del Foix, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: M. Pérez Serres and R. Guerras Mazón, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 July 2012 (Case R 495/2011-2) concerning invalidity proceedings between Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll GmbH & Co. OHG and Ceramicas del Foix, SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll GmbH & Co. OHG to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 379, 8.12.2012.