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Document 62004TJ0310
Summary of the Judgment
Summary of the Judgment
Keywords
Subject of the case
Operative part
Community trade mark
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Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark
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Relative grounds for refusal
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Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 61-112
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Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 March 2004 (Case R 540/2002-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Ferrero OHG mbH and Cornu SA Fontain.
Information relating to the case
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Operative part
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders the applicant to pay its own costs, the whole of the costs relating to the procedural issue concerning its substitution for Ferrero OHG mbH, and half of the costs incurred by the intervener;
3. Orders the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) to pay its own costs and half of those incurred by the intervener.