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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 May 2011. # CheapFlights International Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark Cheapflights - Earlier national figurative mark Cheapflights - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-460/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 May 2011.
CheapFlights International Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark Cheapflights - Earlier national figurative mark Cheapflights - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-460/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 May 2011.
CheapFlights International Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark Cheapflights - Earlier national figurative mark Cheapflights - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-460/09.
European Court Reports 2011 II-00121*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:198
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 May 2011 – CheapFlights International v OHIM – Cheapflights (Cheapflights)
(Case T-460/09)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark Cheapflights – Earlier national figurative mark CheapFlights – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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 – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Complex mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 32-33)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 August 2009 (Case R 1356/2007-4), relating to opposition proceedings between CheapFlights International Ltd and Cheapflights Ltd. |
Information relating to the case
Applicant for the Community trade mark: |
Cheapflights Ltd |
Community trade mark sought: |
Figurative mark Cheapflights for goods and services in Classes 9, 16, 35, 38, 39 and 41 to 44 |
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: |
CheapFlights International Ltd |
Mark or sign cited in opposition: |
Irish trade mark registration of the figurative sign CheapFlights for services in Classes 35, 36, 38, 39, and 41 to 44; Irish trade mark application for the word mark CHEAPFLIGHTS for services in Classes 35, 39 and 43; Irish trade mark registration of the word mark CHEAPFLIGHTS for services in Classes 38, 41, 42 and 44; Irish trade mark registration of the figurative sign CheapFlights.ie for services in Classes 35, 39, 41 to 43; International trade mark registration of the figurative sign CheapFlights for services in Classes 35, 38, 39 and 42 |
Decision of the Opposition Division: |
Opposition upheld in part |
Decision of the Board of Appeal: |
Contested decision annulled; opposition dismissed in its entirety |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 31 August 2009 (Case R 1356/2007-4); |
2. |
Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
3. |
Orders OHIM and Cheapflights Ltd to pay the costs including those incurred by CheapFlights International Ltd in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. |