Judgment of the General Court of 16 May 2013 - Seba Diş Tįcaret ve Naklįyat v OHIM - von Eicken (SEBA TRADITION)
(Case T-508/10)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark SEBA TRADITION - Earlier national figurative mark JOHANN WILHELM VON EICKEN TRADITION - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Seba Diş Tįcaret ve Naklįyat AŞ (Maltepe, Turkey) (represented by: H. Wilde, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Joh. Wilh. von Eicken GmbH (Lübeck, Germany) (represented by: C. Rohnke and F. Thiering, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 August 2010 (Case R 559/2009-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Joh. Wilh. von Eicken GmbH and Seba Diş Tįcaret ve Naklįyat AŞ.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Seba Diş Tįcaret ve Naklįyat AŞ to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 346, 18.12.2010.