1.12.2012
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 373/6
Judgment of the General Court of 17 October 2012 — MIP Metro v OHIM — J. C. Ribeiro (MISS B)
(Case T-485/10) (1)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark MISS B - Earlier national word mark miss H - Earlier international word mark Miss H - Earlier national and international figurative marks Miss H. - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2012/C 373/09
Language of the case: Portuguese
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) (represented by: V. Melgar and P. Guimarães, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: J. C. Ribeiro, SGPS, SA (Vergada, Portugal) (represented by: A. Freire Pinto, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 August 2010 (Case R 1526/2009-1) concerning opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and J. C. Ribeiro, SGPS, SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by OHIM;
3.
Orders J. C. Ribeiro, SGPS, SA to pay its own costs.
(1) OJ C 346, 18.12.2010.
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