Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:893
Date: 2015-11-26
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 6 June 2014 — Junited Autoglas Deutschland v OHIM — United Vehicles (UNITED VEHICLEs) (Case T-404/14) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Junited Autoglas Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: C. Weil, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: United Vehicles GmbH (Munich, Germany) Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 7 April 2014 in Case R 859/2013-4; Uphold the appeal; Uphold the opposition based on earlier Community trade mark No 6 025 399; And dismiss the application for registration of the word mark ‘UNITED VEHICLES’; Order OHIM to pay the costs. Pleas in law and main arguments Applicant for a Community trade mark: United Vehicles GmbH Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘UNITED VEHICLEs’ for services in Classes 35, 36, 38 and 42 — Community trade mark application No 10 330 041 Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: the applicant Mark or sign cited in opposition: the word mark ‘Junited’ for goods and services in Classes 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37 and 39 to 41 Decision of the Opposition Division: the opposition was rejected Decision of the Board of Appeal: the appeal was dismissed Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009