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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.

Izvješća Suda EU-a 2009 II-00146*

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

Date of document:
15/09/2009
Date lodged:
07/12/2007
Author:
Opći sud
Country or organisation from which the request originates:
Njemačka
Form:
Presuda
Additional information:
POURVOI C-448/09 P
Authentic language:
njemački
Type of procedure:
Tužba za poništenje - odbijanje zbog neosnovanosti
Applicant:
Građanin
Defendant:
Institucije i tijela EU-a, Ured Europske unije za intelektualno vlasništvo
Judge-Rapporteur:
Wiszniewska-Białecka
Treaty:
Ugovor o osnivanju Europske ekonomske zajednice
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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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