Judgment of the General Court of 16 September 2013 – Knut IP Management v OHIM - Zoologischer Garten Berlin (KNUT – DER EISBÄR)
(Case T-250/10) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark KNUT – DER EISBÄR – Earlier national word mark KNUD – Relative ground 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: Knut IP Management Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented: initially by C. Jaeckel, then by J. Steinberg, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: J. Schulz and P. Vatankhah, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 March 2010 (Case R 650/2009-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG and Knut IP Management Ltd.
Operative part of the judgment
The General Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Knut IP Management Ltd to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.