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Document 62010TN0369

    Case T-369/10: Action brought on 2 September 2010 — Handicare v OHIM — Apple Corps (BEATLE)

    OJ C 301, 6.11.2010, p. 35–35 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    6.11.2010   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 301/35

    Action brought on 2 September 2010 — Handicare v OHIM — Apple Corps (BEATLE)

    (Case T-369/10)

    ()

    2010/C 301/59

    Language in which the application was lodged: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Handicare Holding BV (Helmond, The Netherlands) (represented by: G. van Roeyen, lawyer)

    Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Apple Corps Ltd (London, United Kingdom)

    Form of order sought

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    Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 31 May 2010 in case R 1276/2009-2; and

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    Order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.

    Pleas in law and main arguments

    Applicant for the Community trade mark: The applicant

    Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark ‘BEATLE’, for goods in class 12

    Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

    Mark or sign cited: United Kingdom trade mark registration No 1341242 of the figurative marks ‘BEATLES’ and ‘THE BEATLES’, for goods in class 9; Spanish trade mark registration No 1737191 of the figurative mark ‘BEATLES’, for goods in class 9; German trade mark registrations No 1148166 and No 2072741 of the figurative marks ‘BEATLES’, for goods in class 9; Portuguese trade mark registration No 312175 of the figurative mark ‘BEATLES’, for goods in class 9; French trade mark registration No 1584857 of the figurative mark ‘BEATLES’, for goods in class 9; Italian trade mark registration No 839105 of the figurative mark ‘BEATLES’, for goods in class 9; Community trade mark registration No 219048 of the word mark ‘BEATLES’, for goods in classes 6, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, and 41; Community trade mark registration No 219014 of the figurative mark ‘BEATLES’, for goods in classes 6, 9, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, and 41

    Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition

    Decision of the Board of Appeal: Upheld the appeal and annulled the decision of the Opposition Division

    Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 8(1)(b) and 8(4) of Council Regulation No 207/2009, as the Board of Appeal failed to reject the opposition on these grounds notwithstanding that it established that there is not any real similarity between the concerned products; infringement of Article 8(5) of Council Regulation No 207/2009, as the Board of Appeal erroneously concluded that the conditions for the application of this Article were fulfilled.

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