Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2013 – Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones v OHIM – MIP Metro (METROINVEST)
(Case T-284/11) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark METROINVEST – Earlier national figurative mark METRO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Principle of non-discrimination – Right to a fair hearing)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: J. Carbonell Callicó, P. Craddock and B. Vanbrabant, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Berger, R. Kaase and J. C. Plate, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 March 2011 (Case R 954/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Metropolis Inmobiliarias y Restauraciones, SL, to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 232, 6.8.2011.