Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2012 - Serrano Aranda v OHIM - Burg Groep (LE LANCIER)
(Case T-265/09)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark LE LANCIER - Earlier national word and figurative marks EL LANCERO - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Opposition dismissed)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Enrique Serrano Aranda (Murcia, Spain) (represented: initially by J. Calderón Chavero and T. Villate Consonni, then J. Calderón Chavero, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented: initially by W. Verberg and S. Bonne, then S. Bonne, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Burg Groep BV (Bergen, Netherlands)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 March 2009 (Case R 366/2008-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Enrique Serrano Aranda and Burg Groep BV.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mr Enrique Serrano Aranda to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 205, 29.8.2009.