Judgment of the General Court of 18 April 2013 – Peek & Cloppenburg v OHIM – Peek & Cloppenburg (Peek & Cloppenburg)
(Case T-507/11) 1
(Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark Peek & Cloppenburg – Earlier national commercial name Peek & Cloppenburg – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Peek & Cloppenburg KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: initially S. Abrar, then P. Lange, 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: Peek & Cloppenburg (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Renck, V. von Bomhard, T. Heitmann, M. Petersenn, lawyers, and I. Fowler, solicitor)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 February 2011 (Case R 262/2005-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Peek & Cloppenburg and Peek & Cloppenburg KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Peek & Cloppenburg KG to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 362, 10.12.2011.