Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 May 2011.#Corporación Habanos, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).#Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark KIOWA - Earlier Community and national figurative marks COHIBA - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity of signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).#Case T-207/08.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 March 2008 (Case R 1189/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Corporación Habanos, SA and Tabacos de Centroamérica, SL.

Information relating to the case

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Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Corporación Habanos, SA to bear its own costs and pay those of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);

3. Orders Tabacos de Centroamérica, SL to bear its own costs.