Community trade mark Relative ground for refusal Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Likelihood of confusion Opposition procedure Application for Community word mark Centrixx Earlier national word mark sensixx
Sumário
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 15 September 2009.
Royal Appliance International GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for Community word mark Centrixx - Earlier national word mark sensixx - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).
Case T-446/07.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 15 September 2009 – Royal Appliance International v OHIM – BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (Centrixx)
(Case T-446/07)
Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for Community word mark Centrixx – Earlier national word mark sensixx – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 25-33, 59-64)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007 (Case R 572/2006-4) concerning opposition proceedings between BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH and Royal Appliance International GmbH. |
Information relating to the case
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Applicant for the Community trade mark: |
Royal Appliance International GmbH |
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Community trade mark sought: |
Word mark ‘Centrixx’ for goods in Class 7 – Application No 3016227 |
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Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: |
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH |
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Mark or sign cited in opposition: |
German word mark ‘sensixx’ for goods in Class 7 – Registration No 30244090 |
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Decision of the Opposition Division: |
Opposition dismissed |
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Decision of the Board of Appeal: |
Annulment of the decision of the Opposition Division and refusal of the application for registration of the mark |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders Royal Appliance International GmbH to pay the costs. |