Judgments nº T-409/07 of Court of First Instance of the European Communities, of September 23, 2009
Court of First Instance of the European Communities
Case Law No.T-409/07
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Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark acopat - Earlier national word marks COPAT - Relative ground for refusal - No genuine use of the earlier marks - Article 56(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Reglamento (CE) nº 2868/95 de la Comisión, de 13 de diciembre de 1995, por el que se establecen normas de ejecución del Reglamento (CE) nº 40/94 del Consejo sobre la marca comunitaria de 13 de diciembre de 1995, por el que se establecen normas de ejecución del Reglamento (CE) nº 40/94 del Consejo sobre la marca comunitaria
Reglamento (CE) nº 40/94 del Consejo, de 20 de diciembre de 1993, sobre la marca comunitaria de 20 de diciembre de 1993, sobre la marca comunitaria
Judgments nº T-409/07 of Court of First Instance of the European Communities, of September 23, 2009
In Case T-409/07,
Helge B. Cohausz, residing in Düsseldorf (Germany), represented initially by I. Friedhoff, lawyer, and subsequently by S. von Petersdorff-Campen and H. Timmann, lawyers, applicant, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), represented by D. Botis, acting as Agent, defendant, the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance, being José Izquierdo Faces, residing in Bilbao (Spain), represented by H. Bock, lawyer, ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 September 2007 (Case R 289/2006-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Helge B. Cohausz and José Izquierdo Faces, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (First Chamber), composed of M. Jaeger, President, V. Tiili (Rapporteur) and F. Dehousse, Judges, Registrar: N. Rosner, Administrator, having regard to the application lodged at the Registry of the Court of First Instance on 16 November 2007, having regard to OHIM-s response lodged at the Court Registry on 10 March 2008, having regard to the intervener-s response lodged at the Court Registry on 15 February 2008, having regard to the decision of the President of the Court of First Instance of 10 March 2009 to sit in the present case, since one of the members of the Chamber was prevented from attending, further to the hearing on 1 April 2009, gives the following Judgment Background to the dispute 1 On 8 May 2000, the intervener, José Izquierdo Faces, filed an application for a Community trade mark at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), under Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1), as amended (replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p.1)). 2 The mark in respect of which registration was sought is the following figurative sign: 3 The services in respect of which registration was...
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