Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2015 — Klaes v OHIM — Klaes Kunststoffe (Klaes)

(Case T-453/13) (1)

((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Klaes - Prior Community figurative mark Klaes - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2015/C 107/35)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Horst Klaes GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany) (represented by: B. Dix, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Klaes Kunststoffe GmbH (Neuenrade, Germany) (represented initially by: J. Schneider, and subsequently by: S. Schweyer, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 June 2013 (Case R 1206/2012-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Horst Klaes GmbH & Co. KG and Klaes Kunststoffe GmbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Horst Klaes GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);

3.	Orders Klaes Kunststoffe GmbH to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 313, 26.10.2013.