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Document 62014TA0267
Case T-267/14: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Zehnder Group International v EUIPO — Stiebel Eltron (comfotherm) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark comfotherm — Earlier national word mark KOMFOTHERM — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Relevant public — Interdependence of factors)
Case T-267/14: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Zehnder Group International v EUIPO — Stiebel Eltron (comfotherm) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark comfotherm — Earlier national word mark KOMFOTHERM — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Relevant public — Interdependence of factors)
Case T-267/14: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Zehnder Group International v EUIPO — Stiebel Eltron (comfotherm) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark comfotherm — Earlier national word mark KOMFOTHERM — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Relevant public — Interdependence of factors)
OJ C 211, 13.6.2016, pp. 45–46
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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13.6.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 211/45 |
Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Zehnder Group International v EUIPO — Stiebel Eltron (comfotherm)
(Case T-267/14) (1)
((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark comfotherm - Earlier national word mark KOMFOTHERM - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods - Relevant public - Interdependence of factors))
(2016/C 211/56)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Zehnder Group International AG (Gränichen, Switzerland) (represented by: J. Krenzel, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: initially A. Pohlmann and subsequently S. Hanne, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Stiebel Eltron GmbH & Co. KG (Holzminden, Germany) (represented by: J. Eberhardt, H. Förster and Y. Holderied, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 February 2014 (Case R 1318/2013-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Stiebel Eltron GmbH & Co. KG and Zehnder Group International AG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Zehnder Group International AG to pay the costs. |