Judgment of the General Court of 18 March 2016 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — STD Tekstil (MOTORTOWN)

(Case T-785/14) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark MOTORTOWN — Earlier international figurative mark M MOTOR — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo and M. Toro Gordillo, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: STD Tekstil Limited Sirketi (Istanbul, Turkey)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 September 2014 (Case R 1960/2013-2), relating to opposition proceedings between STD Tekstil Limited Sirketi and El Corte Inglés, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 34, 2.2.2015.