Judgment of the General Court of 14 September 2011 — K-Mail Order v OHIM — IVKO (MEN’Z)

(Case T-279/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark MEN’Z - Prior trade name WENZ - Relative ground for refusal - Local range of the earlier sign - Article 8(4) and Article 41(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2011/C 311/82

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: K-Mail Order GmbH & Co. KG (Pforzheim, Germany) (represented by: T. Zeiher and G. Stallecker, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: IVKO Industrieprodukt-Vertriebskontakt GmbH (Baar-Wanderath, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 March 2010 (Case R 746/2009-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Wenz GmbH and IVKO Industrieprodukt-Vertriebskontakt GmbH

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 234, 28.8.2010.