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Document 62004TJ0384

    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 15 December 2005.
    RB Square Holdings Spain, SL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Figurative mark containing the word element ‘clean x’ - Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier national word and figurative marks CLEN - Rejection of the opposition - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
    Case T-384/04.

    European Court Reports 2005 II-00037*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2005:466





    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 15 December 2005 − RB Square Holdings Spain v OHIM – Unelko (clean x)

    (Case T-384/04)

    Community trade mark – Figurative mark containing the word element ‘clean x’ – Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier national word and figurative marks CLEN – Rejection of the opposition – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

    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 – Figurative mark including the word element ‘clean x’ and word and figurative marks CLEN (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see para. 48)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 June 2004 (Case R 652/2002-4) relating to opposition proceedings between RB Square Holdings Spain, SL and Unelko NV.

    Information relating to the case

    Applicant for the Community trade mark:

    Unelko NV

    Community trade mark sought

    Figurative mark ‘clean x’ – Application No 222471, for goods in Class 3 (bleaching preparations, etc.)

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

    RB Square Holdings Spain, SL

    Mark or sign sited in opposition:

    National word and figurative mark ‘CLEN’

    Decision of the Opposition Division:

    Rejection of the opposition

    Decision of the Board of Appeal:

    Dismissal of the action


    Operative part

    The Court:

     

    Dismisses the action;

     

    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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