Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 May 2005 in Case T-67/04: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark SPA-FINDERS — Earlier national word marks SPA and LES THERMES DE SPA — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2005-07-23
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), publication, service, trade-mark law, travel agency

23.7.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/35

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 25 May 2005

of 25 May 2005

in Case T-352/02 Creative Technology Ltd v Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs) (OHIM) (1)

in Case T-67/04: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de
Spa SA/NV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for a Community word mark PC WORKS — Earlier
national figurative mark W WORK PRO — Refusal of regis-
tration — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for Community word mark SPA-FINDERS — Earlier
national word marks SPA and LES THERMES DE SPA —
Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2005/C 182/65)

(Language of the case: English)

(2005/C 182/66)

(Language of the case: English)

(Singapore),
J. Flintoft, S.

In Case T-352/02: Creative Technology Ltd, established in
represented by M. Edenborough,
Singapore
Barrister,
Jones and P. Rawlinson, Solicitors,
against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade
Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: B. Holst Filtenborg and
S. Laitinen),
the other party to the proceedings before the
Board of Appeal of OHIM being José Vila Ortiz, residing in
Valencia (Spain) — action brought against the decision of the
Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 September 2002 (Case R
265/2001-4) relating to an opposition between Creative Tech-
nology Ltd and José Vila Ortiz — the Court of First Instance
(Fourth Chamber),
composed of H. Legal, President, P.
Mengozzi and I. Wiszniewska Białecka, Judges; H. Jung, Regis-
trar, gave a judgment on 25 May 2005, in which it:

In Case T-67/04: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa
SA/NV, established in Spa (Belgium), represented by L. de
Brouwer, E. Cornu, E. De Gryse and D. Moreau,
lawyers,
against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade
Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agent: A. Folliard-Monguiral), the
other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of
OHIM being Spa-Finders Travel Arrangements Ltd, established
in New York (United States) — action brought against the deci-
sion of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 December
2003 (Case R 131/2003-1), relating to the opposition proceed-
ings between Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/
NV, and Spa-Finders Travel Arrangements Ltd — the Court of
First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, Presi-
dent, N.J. Forwood and S. Papasavvas, Judges; C. Kristensen,
Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 25 May
2005, in which it:

1. Dismisses the action;

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 19 of 25.1.2003.

(1) OJ C 94 of 17.4.2004.