Judgment of the General Court of 21 October 2015 — Petco Animal Supplies Stores v OHIM — Gutiérrez Ariza (PETCO)

(Case T-664/13) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark PETCO — Earlier Community figurative mark PETCO — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Suspension of the administrative proceedings — Rule 20(7)(c) and Rule 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Plea which does not support the form of order sought — Prohibition on ruling ultra petita — Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. (San Diego, California, United States) (represented by: C. Aikens, Barrister)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar and Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Domingo Gutiérrez Ariza (Málaga, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 October 2013 (Case R 347/2013-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Domingo Gutiérrez Ariza and Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 112, 14.4.2014.