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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 148/34

Action brought on 18 March 2010 — Amecke Fruchtsaft v OHIM — Uhse (69 Sex up)

(Case T-125/10)

2010/C 148/59

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Amecke Fruchtsaft GmbH & Co. KG (Menden, Germany) (represented by: R. Kaase and J.-C. Plate, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Beate Uhse Einzelhandels GmbH (Flensburg, Germany)

Form of order sought

— Declare the application, together with the annexes submitted, made against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 January 2010 in Case R 612/2009-1, admissible; and

— Annul the contested decision on the ground of incompatibility with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94; (1)

— Order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs before the Board of Appeal.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Beate Uhse Einzelhandels GmbH

Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘69 Sex up’ for goods and services in Classes 3, 5, 9, 29, 30, 32, 33, 38 and 41 (application No 5 418 108)

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: German word mark ‘sex:h:up’ No 305 31 669.9 for goods in Classes 5, 29, 30 and 32

Decision of the Opposition Division: To uphold the opposition for all disputed goods

Decision of the Board of Appeal: To rescind the contested decision and reject the opposition

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94, since there is a likelihood of confusion between the conflicting marks

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 219/15

Judgment of the General Court of 15 June 2011 — Graf-Syteco v OHIM — Teco Electric & Machinery (SYTECO)

(Case T-229/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark SYTECO - Earlier figurative national and Benelux marks TECO - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Partial refusal to register)

2011/C 219/20

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Graf-Syteco GmbH & Co. KG (Tuningen, Germany) (represented by: T. Kieser, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Teco Electric & Machinery Co. Ltd (Taipei, Taiwan)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 February 2010 (Case R 230/2009-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Teco Electric & Machinery Co. Ltd and Graf-Syteco GmbH & Co. KG

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Graf-Syteco GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 160/21

Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2011 — Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAYMENT)

(Case T-28/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC PAYMENT - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive nature - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2011/C 160/33

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Euro-Information — Européenne de traitement de l'information (Strasbourg, France) (represented by: A. Grolée, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 November 2009 (Case R 635/2009-2) regarding an application for registration of the word sign EURO AUTOMATIC PAYMENT as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Euro-Information — Européenne de traitement de l'information to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 80, 27.3.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 340/19

Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2011 — Industrias Francisco Ivars v OHIM — Motive (Mechanical speed reducer)

(Case T-246/10) (1)

(Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing a mechanical speed reducer - Earlier Community design - Ground of invalidity - No individual character - Article 6 and Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002)

2011/C 340/37

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Industrias Francisco Ivars, SL (Xeraco, Spain) (represented by: E. Caballero Oliver and A. Sanz-Bermell y Martínez, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Motive Srl (Montirone, Italy) (represented by: I. Valdelomar Serrano and J. Mora Granell, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 March 2010 (Case R 1337/2008-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Motive Srl and Industrias Francisco Ivars, SL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Industrias Francisco Ivars, SL to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 311/43

Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2011 — Zangerl-Posselt v Commission

(Case T-62/10 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Recruitment - Notice of competition - General competition - Non-admission to practical tests and orals - Conditions of admission - Diplomas required - Article 5(3)(a)(ii) of the Staff Regulations - Interpretation - Consideration of different language versions - Preparatory documents)

2011/C 311/79

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Brigitte Zangerl-Posselt (Merzig, Germany) (represented by: S. Paulmann, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 30 November 2009 in Case F-83/07 Zangerl-Posselt v Commission and applying for that judgment to be set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Ms Brigitte Zangerl-Posselt to bear her own costs and those incurred by the European Commission in the present proceedings.

(1) OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 13/13

Judgment of the General Court of 23 November 2011 — Monster Cable Products v OHIM — Live Nation (Music) UK (MONSTER ROCK)

(Case T-216/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark MONSTER ROCK - Earlier national mark MONSTERS OF ROCK - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2012/C 13/25

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Monster Cable Products, Inc. (Brisbane, California, United States) (represented by: W. Baron von der Osten-Sacken, O. Günzel and A. Wenninger-Lenz, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: R. Pethke, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, S. Britton and J. Summers, Solicitors)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 February 2010 (Case R 216/2009-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd and Monster Cable Products, Inc.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Monster Cable Products, Inc. to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 195, 17.7.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 355/18

Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2011 — Intermark v OHIM — Natex International (NATY’S)

(Case T-72/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark NATY’S - Earlier Community figurative mark Naty - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Partial rejection of opposition)

2011/C 355/31

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Intermark Srl (Stei, Romania) (represented by: Á. László, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Mannucci, agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Natex International Trade SpA (Pioltello, Italy)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 2 December 2009 (Case R 953/2009-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Intermark Srl and Natex International Trade SpA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Intermark Srl to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 58/8

Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2012 — Kitzinger v OHIM — Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (KICO)

(Case T-249/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark KICO - Earlier national figurative mark and Community word mark KIKA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2012/C 58/13

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Kitzinger & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: S. Kitzinger, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, acting as Agent)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, interveners before the General Court: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Leipzig, Germany) and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Mainz, Germany) (represented by: B. Krause and F. Cordt, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 March 2010 (Case R 1388/2008-4), relating to opposition proceedings between, on the one hand, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen and, on the other hand, Kitzinger & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. dismisses the action;

2. orders Kitzinger & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.
Official Journal of the European Union

Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2011 — Hartmann v OHIM (Complete)

(Case T-123/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark ‘Complete’ - Absolute grounds for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Descriptive character - Statement of reasons - Goods forming a homogenous group - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

(2012/C 25/93)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Paul Hartmann AG (Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany) (represented by N. Aicher, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented initially by: B. Schmidt and later by: R. Manea and R. Pethke, Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 January 2010 (Case R 601/2009-4) concerning an application to register the word mark ‘Complete’ as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 20 January 2010 (Case R 601/2009-4);

2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Paul Hartmann AG, including the indispensable costs incurred by the latter in the procedure before the Appeals Chamber.

(1) OJ C 134, 22.5.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 126/15

Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2012 — Cortés del Valle López v OHIM (¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA)

(Case T-417/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for Community figurative mark ¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA - Absolute ground for refusal - Trade mark contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality - Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2012/C 126/29

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Federico Cortés del Valle López (Maliaño, Spain) (represented by: J. Calderón Chavero and T. Villate Consonni, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2010 (Case R 175/2010-2) concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of the figurative sign ¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Mr Federico Cortés del Valle López to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 80/17

Judgment of the General Court of 7 February 2012 — Dosenbach-Ochsner v OHIM — Sisma (Representation of elephants in a rectangle)

(Case T-424/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark representing elephants in a rectangle - Earlier international and national figurative marks representing an elephant and earlier national word mark elefanten - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Distinctive character of the earlier marks)

2012/C 80/28

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Dosenbach-Ochsner AG Schuhe und Sport (Dietikon, Switzerland) (represented by: O. Rauscher, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Mannucci, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Sisma SpA (Mantova, Italy) (represented by: F. Caricato, lawyer)

Re:

Action against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 July 2010 (Case R 1638/2008-4) concerning invalidity proceedings between Dosenbach-Ochsner AG Schuhe und Sport and Sisma SpA.

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 15 July 2010 (Case R 1638/2008-4);

2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of Dosenbach-Ochsner AG Schuhe und Sport;

3. Orders Sisma SpA to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 194/19

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 May 2012 — Portugal v Commission

(Case T-345/10) (1)

(EAGGF - Guidance Section - Reduction of financial assistance - Measures to support investments in agricultural holdings - Effectiveness of controls)

2012/C 194/30

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: Portuguese Republic (represented by: L. Inez Fernandes and J. Saraiva de Almeida, agents, and by M. Figueiredo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Guerra e Andrade and G. von Rintelen, agents)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2010) 4255 of 29 June 2010 concerning the application of financial corrections to assistance from the EAGGF, Guidance Section, allocated to Operational Programme No CCI 1999.PT.06.1.PO.007 (Portugal — National Objective 1 programme) for the measure ‘Investments in agricultural holdings’.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Portuguese Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 301, 6.11.2010
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 184/10

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2012 — Yoshida Metal Industry v OHIM — Pi-Design and Others (Representation of a triangular surface with black dots)

(Case T-331/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Figurative Community trade mark representing a surface with black dots - Shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result - Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2012/C 184/17

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd (Tsubame-shi, Japan) (represented by: S. Verea, K. Muraro and M. Balestriero, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Pi-Design AG (Triengen, Switzerland), Bodum France (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) and Bodum Logistics A/S (Billund, Denmark) (represented by H. Pernez, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 May 2010 (Case R 1235/2008-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Pi-Design AG, Bodum France and Bodum Logistics A/S, on the one hand, and Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd, on the other hand

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 20 May 2010 (Case R 1235/2008-1);

2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd;

3. Orders Pi-Design AG, Bodum France and Bodum Logistics A/S to bear their own respective costs.

(1) OJ C 274, 9.10.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 227/17

Judgment of the General Court of 21 June 2012 — Spain v Commission

(Joined Cases T-178/10, T-263/10 and T-265/10) (1)

(Operational programmes of the Cohesion Fund and of the ERDF managed by Spain - Request for interim payment - Evidence suggesting significant deficiency in functioning of management and control systems - Measures interrupting the period for payment - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Audit strategy - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality)

2012/C 227/25

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: N. Díaz Abad, agent)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Urraca Caviedes and B. Conte and, in Case T-178/10, A. Steiblytė, agents)

Re:

Actions against the Commission decisions of 12 February 2010 (Case T-178/10), 8 April 2010 (Case T-263/10) and 15 April 2010 (Case T-265/10) informing the Spanish authorities of the interruption of the period for the settlement of certain requests for interim payment submitted by the Kingdom of Spain.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Orders that Cases T-178/10, T-263/10 and T-265/10 be joined for the purposes of judgment;

2. Dismisses the actions;

3. Orders the Kingdom of Spain to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 161, 19.6.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 217/18

Judgment of the General Court of 13 June 2012 — Insula v Commission

(Case T-110/10) (1)

(Arbitration clause - Financing contract for research and development projects - El Hierro contract - Lack of supporting documents and non-compliance with the contractual requirements in respect of the declared expenses - Reimbursement of sums advanced - Counterclaim by the Commission)

2012/C 217/37

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Conseil scientifique international pour le développement des îles (Insula) (Paris, France) (represented by: J.-D. Simonet and P. Marsal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by A. M. Rouchaud-Joët and F. Mirza, and subsequently by A.-M. Rouchaud-Joët and D. Calciu, Agents, and by L. Defalque and S. Woog, lawyers)

Re:

Application, submitted on the basis of Article 272 TFEU, seeking a declaration, first, that the Commission’s request for reimbursement of the sum of EUR 84 120 is unfounded and, second, that the Commission be ordered to issue a ‘credit note’ in the amount of EUR 84 120.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the Conseil scientifique international pour le développement des îles (Insula) to pay the European Commission the principal sum of EUR 84 120, increased by default interest at the rate of 2,5 % per annum, from 26 January 2010 until full payment of that principal sum;

3. Dismisses the remainder of the Commission’s counterclaim;

4. Orders Insula to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission.

(1) OJ C 134, 22.5.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 343/15

Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2012 — Hungary v Commission

(Case T-407/10) (1)

(Structural funds - Financial assistance - Budapest-Kelenföld-Székesfehérvár-Boba railway line - VAT - Non-eligible expenditure)

2012/C 343/24

Language of the case: Hungarian

Parties

Applicant: Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér and K. Szíjjártó, agents)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Steiblytė, D. Triantafyllou and V. Bottka, agents)

Re:

Action for annulment brought against the Commission Decision of 8 July 2010 relating to the major project for ‘Reconstruction of the Budapest-Kelenföld-Székesfehérvár-Boba railway line, section 1, phase 1’ forming part of the ‘Transport’ operational programme for structural support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CCI 2008HU161PR015).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Hungary to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 258/18

Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2012 — Pharmazeutische Fabrik Evers v OHIM — Ozone Laboratories Pharma (HYPOCHOL)

(Case T-517/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark HYPOCHOL - Earlier national figurative mark HITRECHOL - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2012/C 258/31

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Pharmazeutische Fabrik Evers GmbH & Co. KG (Pinneberg, Germany) (represented by: R. Kaase and R. Möller, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Ozone Laboratories Pharma SA (București, Romania)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 September 2010 (Case R 1332/2009-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Pharmazeutische Fabrik Evers GmbH & Co. KG and Ozone Laboratories Pharma SA

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Pharmazeutische Fabrik Evers GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 13, 15.1.2011.