Judgment of the General Court of 24 June 2014 — Hut.com v OHIM — Intersport France (THE HUT)
(Case T-330/12) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark THE HUT — Earlier national word mark LA HUTTE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: The Hut.com Ltd (Northwich, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Intersport France (Longjumeau, France)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 April 2012 (Case R 814/2011-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Intersport France and The Hut.com Ltd
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders The Hut.com Ltd to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 295, 29.9.2012.