Judgment of the General Court of 20 February 2013 - Langguth Erben v OHIM (MEDINET)
(Case T-378/11)
(Community trade mark - Application for the Community figurative mark MEDINET - Earlier national and international figurative marks MEDINET - Claim of seniority of the earlier national and international marks - Earlier marks in colour and Community trade mark applied for not designating any specific colour - Signs not identical - Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Expediency of oral proceedings - Article 77 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Franz Wilhelm Langguth Erben GmbH & Co. KG (Traben-Trarbach, Germany) (represented by: R. Kunze and G. Würtenberger, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: K. Klüpfel and G. Schneider, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 May 2011 (Case R 1598/2010-4) relating to a claim of seniority of earlier marks in an application for registration of the figurative sign MEDINET as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Franz Wilhelm Langguth Erben GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 269, 10.9.2011.