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Document 62006TA0304
Case T-304/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 July 2008 — Reber v OHIM — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (Mozart) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Mozart — Subject-matter of the dispute — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based — Legitimate expectations — Equal treatment — Principle of legality — Article 7(1)(c), Article 51(1)(a), Article 73, first sentence, and Article 74(1), first phrase, of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Case T-304/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 July 2008 — Reber v OHIM — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (Mozart) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Mozart — Subject-matter of the dispute — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based — Legitimate expectations — Equal treatment — Principle of legality — Article 7(1)(c), Article 51(1)(a), Article 73, first sentence, and Article 74(1), first phrase, of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Case T-304/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 July 2008 — Reber v OHIM — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (Mozart) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark Mozart — Subject-matter of the dispute — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based — Legitimate expectations — Equal treatment — Principle of legality — Article 7(1)(c), Article 51(1)(a), Article 73, first sentence, and Article 74(1), first phrase, of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
OJ C 209, 15.8.2008, p. 48–48
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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15.8.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 209/48 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 July 2008 — Reber v OHIM — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (Mozart)
(Case T-304/06) (1)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark Mozart - Subject-matter of the dispute - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based - Legitimate expectations - Equal treatment - Principle of legality - Article 7(1)(c), Article 51(1)(a), Article 73, first sentence, and Article 74(1), first phrase, of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
(2008/C 209/84)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Paul Reber GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Reichenhall, Germany) (represented by: O. Spuhler, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (Kilchberg, Switzerland) (represented by: R.Lange and G. Hild, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 September 2006 (Case R 97/2005-2) relating to entry of Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG and Paul Reber GmbH & Co. KG.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action. |
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Orders Paul Reber GmbH & Co. KG to pay its own costs and those of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). |
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Orders Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG to bear its own costs. |