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Document 62007TJ0446

    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 15 September 2009.
    Royal Appliance International GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for Community word mark Centrixx - Earlier national word mark sensixx - 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).
    Case T-446/07.

    Thuarascálacha na Cúirte Eorpaí 2009 II-00146*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2009:327





    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 15 September 2009 – Royal Appliance International v OHIM – BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (Centrixx)

    (Case T-446/07)

    Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for Community word mark Centrixx – Earlier national word mark sensixx – 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)

    Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 25-33, 59-64)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007 (Case R 572/2006-4) concerning opposition proceedings between BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH and Royal Appliance International GmbH.

    Information relating to the case

    Applicant for the Community trade mark:

    Royal Appliance International GmbH

    Community trade mark sought:

    Word mark ‘Centrixx’ for goods in Class 7 – Application No 3016227

    Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:

    BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

    Mark or sign cited in opposition:

    German word mark ‘sensixx’ for goods in Class 7 – Registration No 30244090

    Decision of the Opposition Division:

    Opposition dismissed

    Decision of the Board of Appeal:

    Annulment of the decision of the Opposition Division and refusal of the application for registration of the mark


    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Royal Appliance International GmbH to pay the costs.

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