Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2010:21
Date: 2010-01-21
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 21 January 2010 - Goncharov v OHIM - DSB (DSBW) (Case T-34/07) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark DSBW - Earlier Community word mark DSB - 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)) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Karen Goncharov (Moscow, Russia) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt and A. Späth, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially A. Poch and subsequently B. Schmidt, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: DSB (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: F. González Diáz and T. Graf, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 December 2006 (Case R 1330/2005-2), relating to opposition proceedings between DSB and Mr K. Goncharov Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Karen Goncharov to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.