CELEX: 62007TJ0446
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)

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
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Royal Appliance International GmbH
Community trade mark sought:
Word mark ‘Centrixx’ for goods in Class 7 – Application No 3016227
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Mark or sign cited in opposition:
German word mark ‘sensixx’ for goods in Class 7 – Registration No 30244090
Decision of the Opposition Division:
Opposition dismissed
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:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Royal Appliance International GmbH to pay the costs.