Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2012 - Duscholux Ibérica v OHIM - Duschprodukter i Skandinavien (duschy)
(Case T-295/11)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Community - Application for the Community figurative mark duschy - Earlier Community figurative mark DUSCHO Harmony - Relative ground for refusal - Absence of likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Duscholux Ibérica, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonnel Callicó, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Duschprodukter i Skandinavien AB (Hisings Backa, Sweden) (represented initially by M. Jonson, and subsequently by A. Kyhlhammar, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 March 2011 (Case R 662/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Duscholux Ibérica, SA and Duschprodukter i Skandinavien AB
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Duscholux Ibérica, SA to pay the costs, including those incurred by Duschprodukter i Skandinavien AB in the course of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.
____________1 - OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.