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Document 62013TN0198
Case T-198/13: Action brought on 8 April 2013 — Imax/OHIM — Himax Technologies (IMAX)
Case T-198/13: Action brought on 8 April 2013 — Imax/OHIM — Himax Technologies (IMAX)
Case T-198/13: Action brought on 8 April 2013 — Imax/OHIM — Himax Technologies (IMAX)
SL C 171, 15.6.2013, p. 32–32
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
15.6.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 171/32 |
Action brought on 8 April 2013 — Imax/OHIM — Himax Technologies (IMAX)
(Case T-198/13)
2013/C 171/60
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Imax Corporation (Mississauga, Canada) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, lawyer, and K. Hughes, Solicitor)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Himax Technologies, Inc. (Tainan County, Taiwan)
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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Annul OHIM’s Fifth Board of Appeal’s decision of 23 January 2013 in Case R 740/2012-5; and |
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Order that the costs of the proceedings be borne by the defendant and, if the other party in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal intervenes, the intervener. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant
Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘IMAX’ for goods in classes 9, 41 and 45 — Community trade mark registration No 9 392 556
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community trade mark registrations No 4 411 658 and No 4 411 641 of the figurative mark ‘Himax’ for goods and services in classes 9 and 42
Decision of the Opposition Division: Partially upheld the opposition
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal
Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 207/2009.