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Document 62007TJ0242

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 12 November 2008.
Dieter Weiler v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark Q2WEB - Earlier Community word mark QWEB and earlier Community figurative mark QWEB Certified Site - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
Case T-242/07.

European Court Reports 2008 II-00252*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2008:488





Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 12 November 2008 – Weiler v OHIM – IQNet Association – The International Certification Network (Q2WEB)

(Case T-242/07)

Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community word mark Q2WEB – Earlier Community word mark QWEB and earlier Community figurative mark QWEB Certified Site – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds of invalidity (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 8(1)(b) and 52(1)(a)) (see paras 25, 33, 41-42, 44)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 March 2007 (Case R 893/2005-1) concerning invalidity proceedings between CISQ Federazione Certificazione Italiana Sistemi di Qualità Aziendali, then IQNet Association – The International Certification Network, and Mr D. Weiler.

Information relating to the case

Registered Community trade mark of which cancellation sought:

Word mark Q2WEB for goods in Classes 9, 35, 38 and 42 – mark No 2418150

Proprietor of the Community trade mark

Dieter Weiler

Party applying for cancellation:

CISQ Federazione Certificazione Italiana Sistemi di Qualità Aziendali

Trade marks of the party applying for cancellation:

Word mark QWEB for goods and services in Class 42 (Community mark No 1772078), figurative mark QWEB for services in Classes 35, 38 and 42 (Community mark No 1871201) and word mark QWEBMARK for services in Classes 35, 38 and 42 (Community mark No 1771963)

Decision of the Cancellation Division:

Trade mark cancelled

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Appeal dismissed


Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Mr Dieter Weiler to pay the costs.

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