Judgment of the General Court of 29 November 2012 - Adamowski v OHIM - Fagumit (FAGUMIT)
(Joined Cases T 537/10 and T 538/10)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark Fagumit and Community figurative mark FAGUMIT - Earlier national figurative mark FAGUMIT - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 8(3) and Article 165(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Ursula Adamowski (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: D. von Schultz, lawyer)
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, intervener before the General Court: Fabryka Węży Gumowych i Tworzyw Sztucznych Fagumit sp. z o.o. (Fagumit) (Wolbrom, Poland) (represented by: M. Krekora, T. Targosz and P. Podrecki, lawyers)
Re:
Two actions brought against two decisions of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 September 2010 (Cases R 1002/2009-1 and R 1003/2009-1), concerning invalidity proceedings between Fabryka Węży Gumowych i Tworzyw Sztucznych Fagumit sp. z o.o. and Ursula Adamowski.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Orders that Cases T-537/10 and T-538/10 be joined for the purposes of judgment;
Dismisses the actions;
Orders Ursula Adamowski to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and by Fabryka Węży Gumowych i Tworzyw Sztucznych Fagumit sp. z o.o. relating to the proceedings before the Court.
____________1 - OJ C 30, 29.1.2011.