Judgment of the General Court of 28 January 2014 – Progust v OHIM - Sopralex & Vosmarques (IMPERIA)
(Case T-216/11) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark IMPERIA — Earlier Community figurative mark IMPERIAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Distinctive character of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Progust, SL (Girona, Spain) (represented by: initially M. E. López Camba, J. L. Rivas Zurdo, E. Seijo Veiguela and I. Munilla Muñoz, then J. L. Rivas Zurdo, E. Seijo Veiguela et I. Munilla Muñoz, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Sopralex & Vosmarques SA (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: P. Maeyaert and V. Fossoul, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 January 2011 (Case R 1036/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Sopralex & Vosmarques SA and Progust, SL.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Progust, SL to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 194, 2.7.2011.