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6.5.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 108/17 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 March 2006 — Telefon & Buch v OHIM
(Case T-322/03) (1)
(Community trade mark - Admissibility of the action - Unforeseeable circumstances - Application for a declaration of invalidity - Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Word mark WEISSE SEITEN - Absolute grounds for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) to (d) of Regulation No 40/94)
(2006/C 108/27)
Language of the case: German
Parties:
Applicant: Telefon & Buch Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (Salzburg, Austria) (represented by: H. Zeiner and M. Baldares del Barco, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G.Schneider, Agent)
Other party or parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: Herold Business Data GmbH & Co.KG (Mödling, Austria) (represented by: A. Lensing-Kramer, C. von Nussbaum and U.Reese, lawyers)
Action
brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 June 2003 (Joined Cases R 580/2001-1 and R 592/2001-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Herold Business Data AG and Telefon & Buch Verlagsgesellschaft mbH,
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders the applicant to pay the costs, except those incurred by the intervener; |
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Orders the intervener to bear its own costs. |
(1) OJ 2003 C 6, of 8.1.2005