27.2.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/31


Judgment of the General Court of 20 January 2010 — Nokia v OHIM — Medion (LIFE BLOG)

(Case T-460/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark LIFE BLOG - Earlier national word mark LIFE - Relative ground 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) - Partial refusal to register)

2010/C 51/59

Language of the case: Finnish

Parties

Applicant: Nokia Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) (represented by: J. Tanhuanpää, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Medion AG (Essen, Germany) (represented by: P.-M. Weisse, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the OHIM of 2 October 2007 (Case R 141/2007-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Medion AG and Nokia Oyj

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Nokia Oyj to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 51, 23.2.2008.