Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 18 October 2011.#SLV Elektronik GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).#Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark LINE - Earlier national word and figurative marks Line - Partial refusal to register - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).#Case T-449/08.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 July 2008 (Case R 759/2007-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Angel Jiménez Muñoz and SLV Elektronik GmbH.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 18 July 2008 (Case R 759/2007-4) in so far as concerns the goods ‘mains‑operated lights, lighting apparatus and installations, stage effects lighting apparatus; electric lamps; individual parts for the aforesaid goods’ in Class 11;

2. Orders OHIM to pay the costs.