Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2012 - Vermop Salmon v OHIM - Leifheit (Clean Twist)
(Case T-61/11)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark Clean Twist - Earlier Community word marks TWIX and TWIXSTER - Relative ground of refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Vermop Salmon GmbH (Gilching, Germany) (represented by: W. von der Osten-Sacken, M. Ring and O. Sude, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: K. Klüpfel, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Leifheit AG (Nassau, Germany) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt and V. Töbelmann, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 November 2010 (Case R 671/2010-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Vermop Salmon GmbH and Leifheit AG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Vermop Salmon GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 89, 19.3.2011.