Cyprus Dairy Industry Organisation appeal against OHIM for Halloumi to be introduced before the Court
Brussels, Nov 22 (CNA) — The Court of Justice of the European Union announced on Thursday that it has introduced to the Court the case C-393/12 P, appeal by Cyprus Dairy Industry Organisation (Organismos Kypriakis Galaktokomikis Viomichanias) against the judgment of General Court of 13 June 2012 in Case T‑534/10, in relation with HALLOUMI.
According to the Press and Information Services of the Court of Justice, the Organisation is the holder of community collective trade mark HALLOUMI. In 2005, the German Garmo AG applied for the Community trade mark HELLIM for dairy products.
The Organisation filed a notice of opposition to that application which was rejected by Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM).
Then, the Organisation appealed before the General Court (case T-534/10), which confirmed on June 13, 2012, the decision of OHIM.
The Organismos demands from the Court of Justice the reversal of General Court’s decision, supporting that the General Court incorrectly applied the regulation No 207/2009 for community mark, because falsely rejected the visual and phonetic similarities of “hellim” and “halloumi”.
