Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2010 - Nestlé v OHIM - Master Beverage Industries (Golden Eagle and Golden Eagle Deluxe)
(Joined Cases T-5/08 to T-7/08) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community marks Golden Eagle and Golden Eagle Deluxe - Earlier international and national figurative marks representing a mug and coffee beans - Relative ground for refusal - Similarity of the signs - 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: English
Parties
Applicant: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by A. von Mühlendahl, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by R. Pethke, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court: Master Beverage Industries Pte Ltd (Singapore, Singapore) (represented by N. Clarembeaux, D. Vervaet and P. Maeyaert, lawyers)
Re:
Actions brought against three decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 October 2007 (Cases R 563/2006-2, R 568/2006-2 and R 1312/2006-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Société des produits Nestlé SA and Master Beverage Industries Pte Ltd.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 1 October 2007 (Cases R 563/2006-2, R 568/2006-2 and R 1312/2006-2);
2. Dismisses the actions as to the remainder;
3. Orders OHIM and Master Beverage Industries Pte Ltd to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by Société des produits Nestlé SA.
____________1 - OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.