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Document 62009CB0448
Case C-448/09 P: Order of the Court of 30 June 2010 — Royal Appliance International GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Earlier mark ‘sensixx’ — Word mark ‘Centrixx’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Application for revocation of an earlier mark — Proceedings pending before the national courts — Request for a stay of the proceedings before the General Court)
Case C-448/09 P: Order of the Court of 30 June 2010 — Royal Appliance International GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Earlier mark ‘sensixx’ — Word mark ‘Centrixx’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Application for revocation of an earlier mark — Proceedings pending before the national courts — Request for a stay of the proceedings before the General Court)
Case C-448/09 P: Order of the Court of 30 June 2010 — Royal Appliance International GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 8(1)(b) — Earlier mark ‘sensixx’ — Word mark ‘Centrixx’ — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Application for revocation of an earlier mark — Proceedings pending before the national courts — Request for a stay of the proceedings before the General Court)
SL C 288, 23.10.2010, p. 17–17
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
23.10.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 288/17 |
Order of the Court of 30 June 2010 — Royal Appliance International GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
(Case C-448/09 P) (1)
(Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 8(1)(b) - Earlier mark ‘sensixx’ - Word mark ‘Centrixx’ - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Application for revocation of an earlier mark - Proceedings pending before the national courts - Request for a stay of the proceedings before the General Court)
(2010/C 288/27)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Appellant: Royal Appliance International GmbH (represented by: K.-J. Michaeli and M. Schork, Rechtsanwälte)
Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, acting as Agent), BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH (represented by: S. Biagosch, Rechtsanwalt)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 15 September 2009 in Case T-446/09 Royal Appliance International v OHIM — BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte, by which the Court of First Instance dismissed the action for annulment brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007, rejecting the registration of the word mark ‘Centrixx’ as a Community trade mark for certain goods in Class 7, by granting the opposition by the proprietor of the national word mark ‘sensixx’ — Failure to stay the proceedings while awaiting the resolution of the dispute pending before the national courts concerning the application for revocation of the earlier mark — Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Likelihood of confusion between two marks
Operative part of the order
1. |
The appeal is dismissed. |
2. |
Royal Appliance International GmbH is ordered to pay the costs. |