Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 26 November 2008 — Rajani v OHIM — Artoz-Papier (ATOZ)

(Case T-100/06) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ATOZ - Earlier international word mark ARTOZ - No requirement to provide evidence of genuine use - Starting point for the five-year time-limit - Date of registration of the earlier mark - Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Obligation to state the reasons on which a measure is based - Articles 73 and 79 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 and Article 6 of the ECHR)

(2009/C 19/45)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Deepak Rajani (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: A. Dustmann, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Artoz-Papier AG (Lenzburg, Switzerland)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 January 2006 (Case R 1126/2004-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Artoz Papier AG and Deepak Rajani.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 235, 6.10.2007.