Case T-111/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 November 2007 — Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM — Lidl Stiftung (VITAL FIT) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark VITAL FIT — Earlier national word mark VITAFIT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Right to a fair hearing — Obligation to state reasons)
Date: 2007-11-21
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), beverage industry, trade-mark law

C 8/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2008

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 21 October 2005 (Case R 1063/2004-2), as
rectified on 16 November 2005, relating to invalidity proceed-
ings between Wuppermann AG and Tegometall International
AG.

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 16 February 2006 in Case R 3/2005-2
relating to opposition proceedings between Lidl Stiftung &
Co. KG and Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG.

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs, except those incurred by the

intervener;

2. Orders Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG to pay the

costs.

3. Orders the intervener to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 60, 11.3.2006.

(1) OJ C 143, 17.6.2006.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 November
2007 — Wesergold Getränkeindustrie v OHIM — Lidl
Stiftung (VITAL FIT)

(Case T-111/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for the Community figurative mark VITAL FIT —
Earlier national word mark VITAFIT — Relative ground for
refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of
Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Right to a fair hearing — Obli-
gation to state reasons)

(2008/C 8/26)

Language of the case: German

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 November
2007 — Castellani v OHIM — Markant Handels und
Service (CASTELLANI)

(Case T-149/06) (1)

for

the

figurative

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation
trade mark
CASTELLANI — Earlier national word marks CASTELLUM
and CASTELLUCA — Relative ground of refusal — Likeli-
hood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 40/94)

Community

(2008/C 8/27)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Wesergold Getränkeindustrie GmbH & Co. KG
(Rinteln, Germany) (represented by: P. Goldenbaum, T. Melchert
and I. Rohr, lawyers)

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

Applicant: Castellani SpA (Campagna Gello, Italy) (represented
by: A. Di Maso and M. Di Maso, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM,
intervener before the Court of First Instance: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG
(Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: M. Schaeffer, lawyer)

The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of
OHIM: Markant Handels und Service GmbH (Offenburg,
Germany)