Action brought on 29 May 2012 - Lidl Stiftung v OHIM - LĺDL MUSIC (LIDL express)
(Case T-225/12)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: M. Schaeffer, M. Wolter and A. Marx, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: LĺDL MUSIC, spol. s r.o. (Brno, Czech Republic)
Form of order sought
Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade marks and Designs) of 21 March 2012 (R 2379/2010-1);
order the defendant to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant
Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark "LIDL express" for goods in class 15 - Community trade mark application No 6 857 536
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Mark or sign cited in opposition: National figurative mark and community word mark "LÍDL MUSIC" for goods in class 15
Decision of the Opposition Division: Upheld the opposition
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal
Pleas in law:
- Infringement of Article 15(1) in combination with Article 42(2) and (3) of Council Regulation No 207/2009 and Rule 22(3) and (4) of Commission Regulation No 2868/95;
- Infringement of Article 15(1)(a) in combination with Article 42(2) and (3) of Council Regulation No 207/2009;
- Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 207/2009.
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