Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark H.EICH — Earlier national figurative mark H SILVIAN HEACH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 19 June 2012 —H.Eich v OHIM — Arav (H.EICH)(Case T-557/10) Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark H.EICH — Earlier national figurative mark H SILVIAN HEACH — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Verbal mark H.EICH and figurative mark H SILVIAN HEACH (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 21-23, 70, 91) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 September 2010 (Case R 1411/2009-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Arav Holding Srl and H.Eich Srl. Operative part The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 9 September 2010 (Case R 1411/2009-1); 2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by H.Eich Srl in the proceedings before the General Court; 3. Orders OHIM to pay the costs necessarily incurred for the purposes of the proceedings before the First Board of Appeal; 4. Orders Arav Holding Srl to bear its own costs.