Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 March 2005 in Case T-33/03 Osotspa Co. Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Earlier national and Community figurative SHARK marks — Application for Community word mark Hai — Absolute ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2005-05-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law

C 115/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

14.5.2005

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 8 March 2005

of 9 March 2005

in Case T-32/03 Leder & Schuh AG v Office for Harmoni-
sation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) (1)

in Case T-33/03 Osotspa Co. Ltd v Office for Harmonisa-
tion in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) (1)

(Community trade mark (cid:1) Opposition proceedings (cid:1)
Earlier national word mark (cid:2)Schuhpark(cid:3) (cid:1) Application for
Community word mark (cid:2)JELLO SCHUHPARK(cid:3) (cid:1) Relative
ground for refusal (cid:1) Partial refusal to register (cid:1) Article
8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(Community trade mark (cid:1) Opposition proceedings (cid:1)
Earlier national and Community figurative SHARK marks (cid:1)
Application for Community word mark Hai (cid:1) Absolute
ground for refusal (cid:1) Likelihood of confusion (cid:1) Article
8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2005/C 115/37)

(Language of the case: German)

(2005/C 115/38)

(Language of the case: German)

(OHIM)

(Trade Marks and Designs)

In Case T-32/03: Leder & Schuh AG, established in Graz
represented by W. Kellentur and A. Schlaffge,
(Austria),
lawyers, against the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
Market
(Agents: G.
Schneider and B. M(cid:1)ller), the other party to the proceedings
before the Board of Appeal of OHIM,
intervener before the
Court of First Instance, being Schuhpark Fascies GmbH, estab-
lished in Warendorf (Germany), represented by A. Peter, lawyer
(cid:2) action against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of
OHIM of 27 November 2002, in the corrected version of 9
December 2002 (Case R 494/1999-3), relating to opposition
proceedings between Schuhpark Fascies GmbH and Leder &
Schuh AG (cid:2) the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber),
composed of J. Pirrung, President, N.J. Forwood and S. Papa-
savvas, Judges; B. Pastor, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar,
gave a judgment on 8 March 2005, in which it:

In Case T-33/03: Osotspa Co. Ltd, established in Bangkok
(Thailand), represented by C. Gassauer-Fleissner,
lawyer, with
an address for service in Luxembourg, against Office for
(Trade Marks and
Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von M(cid:1)hlendahl, T. Eichenberg
and G. Schneider), the other party to the proceedings before
the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of
First Instance, being Distribution & Marketing GmbH, estab-
lished in Salzburg (Austria), represented initially by C. Hauer
and subsequently by V. von Bomhard, A. Renck and A. Pohl-
mann, lawyers (cid:2) action brought against the decision of the
Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 November 2002 (Case R
concerning opposition proceedings between
296/2002-3)
Osotspa Co. Ltd and Distribution & Marketing GmbH (cid:2) the
Court of First
Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of H.
Legal, President, V. Tiili and V. Vadapalas, Judges; D. Chris-
tensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on
9 March 2005, in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicant to bear the costs.

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 101 of 26.4.2003.

(1) OJ C 135 of 7.6.2003.