Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2015 — Vimeo v OHIM — PT Comunicações (VIMEO)
(Case T-96/14) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark VIMEO — Earlier Community figurative mark meo — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No coexistence of the marks — Likelihood of confusion)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Vimeo LLC (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: A. Poulter and M. MacDonald, Solicitors)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock and N. Bambara, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: PT Comunicações, SA (Lisbon, Portugal)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 November 2013 (Case R 1092/2013-2), relating to opposition proceedings between PT Comunicações, SA and Vimeo LLC.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Vimeo LLC to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.