Judgment of the General Court of 25 June 2010 - MIP Metro v OHIM - CBT Comunicación Multimedia (Metromeet)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark 'Metromeet' - Earlier national word mark 'meeting metro' - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL (Getxo, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 June 2008 (Case R 387/2007-1) relating to opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 12 June 2008 (Case R 387/2007-1) concerning opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and CBT Comunicación Multimedia, SL.
2. Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 327, 20.12.2008.