Judgment of the General Court of 18 October 2011 - SLV Elektronik v OHIM - Jiménez Muñoz (LINE)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark LINE - Earlier national word and figurative marks Line - Partial refusal to register - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: SLV Elektronik GmbH (Übach-Palenberg, Germany) (represented by: C. König, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: R. Manea, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Angel Jiménez Muñoz (Gelida, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 July 2008 (case R 759/2007-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Angel Jiménez Muñoz and SLV Elektronik GmbH
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 18 July 2008 (case R 759/2007-4) in so far as concerns the goods 'mains-operated lights, lighting apparatus and installations, stage effects lighting apparatus; electric lamps; individual parts for the aforesaid goods' in Class 11;
2. orders OHIM to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.