Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2011 - Dornbracht v OHIM - Metaform Lucchese (META)
(Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for the Community word mark META - Earlier Community figurative mark METAFORM - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the goods and the signs - Refusal of registration - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Likelihood of confusion)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co KG (Iserlohn, Germany) (represented by: P. Mes, C. Graf von der Groeben, G. Rother, J. Bühling, A. Verhauwen, J. Künzel, D. Jestaedt and M. Bergermann, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Metaform Lucchese SpA (Pescaglia, Italy) (represented by: P. Pozzi and A. Perani, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 November 2008 (Case R 1152/2006-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Metaform Lucchese SpA and Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Dornbracht GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs of the present proceedings.
____________1 - OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.