Judgment of the General Court of 30 September 2015 — GAT Microencapsulation v OHIM — BASF (KARIS)
(Case T-720/13) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark KARIS — Earlier Community marks and earlier international word mark CARYX — Earlier national marks and earlier Benelux word mark AKRIS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: GAT Microencapsulation GmbH (formerly GAT Microencapsulation AG) (Ebenfurth, Austria) (represented by: S. Soler Lerma and C. March Cabrelles, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: I. Harrington, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 October 2013 (Case R 1862/2012-5) relating to opposition proceedings between BASF SE and GAT Microencapsulation GmbH (formerly GAT Microencapsulation AG).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Gat Microencapsulation GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 71, 8.3.2014.