Judgment of the General Court of 30 May 2013 – Buzil-Werk Wagner v OHIM – Roca Sanitario (Roca)
(Case T-115/12) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark Roca – Earlier national figurative mark ROCA and earlier international figurative mark Roca – Relative ground for refusal – Similarity of the goods – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Buzil-Werk Wagner GmbH & Co. KG (Memmingen, Germany) (represented by: D. Waldhauser, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider and M. Lenz, agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Roca Sanitario, SA (Barcelona, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 January 2012 (Case R 1907/2010-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Roca Sanitario, SA and Buzil-Werk Wagner GmbH & Co. KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the application;
2. Orders Buzil-Werk Wagner GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 157, 2.6.2012.