Case T-389/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 April 2008 — Dainichiseika Colour & Chemicals Mfg. v OHIM (Representation of a pelican) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a figurative Community trade mark depicting a pelican — Earlier Community or national figurative trade mark Pelikan — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-04-17
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), chemical product, plastics, trade-mark law

24.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 128/29

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 April 2008
— Deutsche Telekom v Commission

Operative part of the judgment

(Case T-271/03) (1)

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

(Competition — Article 82 EC — Charges for access to the
fixed-line telecommunications network in Germany — Margin
squeeze — Charges approved by the national regulatory
authority for telecommunications — Leeway of the dominant
undertaking)

(2008/C 128/62)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Deutsche Telekom AG (Bonn, Germany) (represented
by:
initially, K. Quack, U. Quack and S. Ohlhoff, and subse-
quently, U. Quack and S. Ohlhoff, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
then
sented by:
subsequently,
and
K. Mojzesowicz
K. Mojzesowicz, W. Mölls and O. Weber, Agents)

initially, K. Mojzesowicz and S. Rating,

and A. Whelan,

the defendant: Arcor AG & Co. KG
Interveners in support of
initially, M. Klusmann,
(Eschborn, Germany), (represented by:
F. Wiemer and M. Rosenthal, then M. Klusmann and F. Wiemer,
and subsequently, M. Klusmann, lawyers); Versatel NRW GmbH,
formerly Tropolys NRW GmbH,
formerly CityKom Münster
GmbH Telekommunikationsservice and TeleBeL Gesellschaft für
Telekommunikation Bergisches Land mbH (Essen, Germany);
EWE TEL GmbH (Oldenburg, Germany); HanseNet Telekommu-
nikation GmbH (Hamburg, Germany); Versatel Nord-Deutsch-
land GmbH, formerly KomTel Gesellschaft für Kommunikations-
und Informationsdienste mbH (Flensburg, Germany); NetCo-
für Telekommunikation mbH (Cologne,
logne Gesellschaft
Germany); Versatel Süd-Deutschland GmbH,
formerly tesion
Telekommunikation GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany); and Versatel
West-Deutschland GmbH, formerly Versatel Deutschland GmbH
(represented by N. Nolte,
& Co. KG (Dortmund, Germany)
T. Wessely and J. Tiedemann, lawyers)

Re:

of

for

annulment

Application
Commission Decision
2003/707/EC of 21 May 2003 relating to a proceeding under
Article 82 EC (Case COMP/C 1/37.451, 37.578, 37.579 —
Deutsche Telekom AG) (OJ 2003 L 263, p. 9), and, in the alter-
native, reduction of
in
Article 3 of that decision.

the fine imposed on the applicant

2. Orders Deutsche Telekom AG to bear its own costs and to pay

those incurred by the Commission;

3. Orders (1) Arcor AG & Co. KG and (2) Versatel NRW GmbH,
EWE TEL GmbH, HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, Versatel
Nord-Deutschland GmbH, NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekom-
munikation mbH, Versatel Süd-Deutschland GmbH and Versatel
West Deutschland GmbH to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 264, 1.11.2003.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 April 2008
— Dainichiseika Colour & Chemicals Mfg. v OHIM
(Representation of a pelican)

(Case T-389/03) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for a figurative Community trade mark depicting a
pelican — Earlier Community or national figurative trade
mark Pelikan — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of
confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 128/63)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dainichiseika Colour & Chemicals Mfg. Co. Ltd
(Tokyo,
J. Hofmann and B. Linstow,
lawyers)

(represented by:

Japan)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
J. Laporta Insa,
(Trade Marks and Designs)
Agent)

(represented by:

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First Instance: Pelikan Vertriebsges-
sellschaft mbH & Co.KG (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: A.
Renck, V. von Bomhard and A. Pohlmann, and subsequently by
A. Renck, V. von Bomhard and T. Dolde, lawyers)

C 128/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.5.2008

Re:

Operative part of the judgment

Action brought against the decision of the Second Chamber of
the Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 September 2003 (Case
R 191/2002-2) relating to opposition proceedings between
Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG and Dainichiseika
Colour & Chemicals Mfg. Co. Ltd.

The Court:

1. Annuls Commission Decision C(2003) 1761 final of 24 June
2003 relating to State aid N 35/2003 concerning the emission
trading scheme for nitrogen oxides notified by the Kingdom of the
Netherlands.

Operative part of the judgment

2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action.

2. Orders Dainichiseika Colour & Chemicals Mfg. Co. Ltd to pay the

costs.

(1) OJ C 21, 21.1.2004.

3. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 275, 15.11.2003 (formerly case C-388/03).

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber)
of 17 April 2008 — Cestas v Commission

(Case T-260/04) (1)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 April 2008
— Netherlands v Commission

(Action for annulment — European Development Fund —
Repayment of amounts paid — Debit note — Act not amen-
able to review — Preparatory act — Inadmissibility)

(Case T-233/04) (1)

(State aid — Directive 2001/81/EC — National measure
establishing an emission trading scheme for nitrogen oxides
— Decision finding the aid compatible with the common
market — Admissibility — Advantage — Measure lacking
selective character)

Parties

(2008/C 128/65)

Language of the case: Italian

(2008/C 128/64)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Centro di educazione sanitaria e tecnologie appro-
priate sanitarie (Cestas) (Bologna (Italy) (represented initially by:
N. Amadei and C. Turk, and subsequently by N. Amadei and P.
Manzini, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: E. Montaguti and F. Dintilhac, Agents)

Applicant: Kingdom of
Sevenster, J. van Bakel and M. de Grave, Agents)

the Netherlands (represented by: H.

Re:

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. van Vliet, and V. Di Bucci, Agents)

in support of

Intervener
the Applicant: Federal Republic of
Germany (represented by W.-D. Plessing and M. Lumma,
Agents)

Re:

for

annulment

Commission Decision
Application
C(2003) 1761 final of 24 June 2003, relating to State aid
N 35/2003 concerning the emission trading scheme for
nitrogen oxides notified by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

of

Annulment of the decision of 21 April 2004 of the Commis-
sion (Delegation in the Republic of Guinea), sent to the appli-
to pay the amount of
cant by registered letter, ordering it
GNF 959 543 (EUR 397 126,02).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action as being inadmissible.

2. Orders the Centro di educazione sanitaria e tecnologie appropriate
sanitarie (Cestas) to bear three fifths of its own costs and also to
pay three fifths of the costs incurred by the Commission.