Case T-85/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 June 2008 — Gabel Industria Tessile SpA v OHIM — Creaciones Garel (GABEL) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark GABEL — Earlier Community figurative mark GAREL — Partial refusal of registration — Scope of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Obligation to rule on the entirety of the action — Article 62(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-06-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), clothing industry, trade-mark law

19.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 183/19

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of
5 June 2008 — Internationaler Hilfsfonds v Commission

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

(Case T-141/05) (1)

(Action for annulment — Access to documents — Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 — Partial refusal — Non-actionable
measure — Merely confirmatory measure — Inadmissibility)

Re:

(2008/C 183/38)

Language of the case: German

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 14 September 2006 (Case R 270/2006-1)
concerning an application for registration of the word mark
BLUE SOFT as a Community trade mark

Parties

Applicant:
(represented by: H. Kaltenecker, lawyer)

Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV (Rosbach, Germany)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: P. Costa de Oliveira, S. Fries and C. Ladenburger,
Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Novartis AG to pay the costs.

Re:

Application for annulment of the so-called decision contained
in the letter of the Commission of 14 February 2005 refusing
the applicant access
from the file
regarding the contract LIEN 97-2011.

to certain documents

(1) OJ C 326, 31.12.2006.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 June 2008 —
Gabel Industria Tessile SpA v OHIM — Creaciones Garel
(GABEL)

2. Orders Internationaler Hilfsfonds to pay its own costs and those of

the Commission.

(Case T-85/07) (1)

(1) OJ C 143 of 11.6.2005.

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for the Community word mark GABEL — Earlier Com-
munity figurative mark GAREL — Partial refusal of registra-
tion — Scope of the examination to be carried out by the
Board of Appeal — Obligation to rule on the entirety of the
action — Article 62(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 June 2008 —
Novartis v OHIM (BLUE SOFT)

(Case T-330/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Application for Community
word mark BLUE SOFT — Absolute grounds for refusal —
distinctive nature —
Descriptive nature — Lack of

Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 40/94)

Parties

(2008/C 183/40)

Language of the case: Italian

(2008/C 183/39)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Gabel Industria Tessile SpA (Rovellasca, Italy) (repre-
sented by: A. Petruzzelli, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: O. Montalto and L.
Rampini, Agents)

Applicant: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) (represented by: N.
Hebeis, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
Creaciones Garel, SA. (Logroño, Spain)

C 183/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2008

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 25 January 2007 (Case R 960/2006-2),
relating to opposition proceedings between Creaciones Garel,
SA, and Gabel Industria Tessile SpA.

L 15, p. 1), in so far as it fixes the total allowable catches (‘TAC’)
for 2007 in respect of the fishing of cod in the areas covered by
Council Regulation No 423/2004 of 26 February 2004 estab-
lishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks (OJ 2004 L 70,
p. 8)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as being inadmissible.

1. Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office
(Trade Marks and

for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Designs) (OHIM) of 25 January 2007 (Case R 960/2006-2).

2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder.

2. WWF-UK Ltd shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by

the Council.

3. The Commission shall bear its own costs.

3. Orders Gabel Industria Tessile SpA and OHIM each to bear their

own costs.

(1) OJ C 117 of 26.5.2007.

(1) OJ C 117, 26.5.2007.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 June 2008 —
WWF-UK v Council

(Case T-91/07) (1)

(Action for annulment — Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 —
Recovery of cod stocks — Setting of the TACs for 2007 —
Measure of general application — Not affected individually —
Inadmissibility)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 June 2008 —
Atlantic Dawn and Others v Commission

(Case T-172/07) (1)

(Action for annulment — Fishing quotas — Regulation (EC)
No 2371/2002 — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

(2008/C 183/42)

Language of the case: English

(2008/C 183/41)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Parties

Applicant: WWF-UK (Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom)
(represented by: M.R. Stein, Solicitor, P. Sands and J. Simor,
Barristers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A.
de Gregorio Merino and M. Moore, Agents)

in support of

Intervener
the
European Communities (represented by: P. Oliver and M. van
Heezik, Agents)

the defendant: Commission of

Re:

Partial annulment of Council Regulation No 41/2007 of
21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 fishing opportunities and
associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish
stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community
vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (OJ 2007

Fishing Co.

Applicants: Atlantic Dawn and Others
(Killybegs, Donegal,
Ltd (Killybegs, Donegal);
Ireland); Antarctic
Atlantean Ltd (Killybegs, Donegal); Killybegs Fishing Enterprises
Ltd (Killybegs, Donegal); Doyle Fishing Co. Ltd (Killybegs,
Donegal); Western Seaboard Fishing Co.
Ltd (Killybegs,
Donegal); O'Shea Fishing Co. Ltd (Killybegs, Donegal); Aine
Fishing Co. Ltd (Burtonport, Donegal); Brendelen Ltd (Green-
castle, Donegal); Cavankee
Fishing Co. Ltd (Greencastle,
Donegal); Ocean Trawlers Ltd (Killybegs, Donegal); Eileen
Oglesby
(Killybegs,
(Burtonport, Donegal); Noel McGing
Donegal); Mullglen Ltd (Dublin, Ireland); Bradan Fishing Co. Ltd
(Sligo, Sligo,
Ireland); Larry Murphy (Castletownbere, Cork,
Ireland); Pauric Conneely (Claregalway, Galway, Ireland); Thomas
Flaherty (Kilronan, Aran Islands, Galway); Carmarose Trawling
Co. Ltd (Killybegs, Donegal); Colmcille Fishing Ltd (Killybegs,
Donegal), (represented by: G. Hogan, SC, N. Travers, T. O'Sul-
livan, BL and D. Barry, Solicitor)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: K. Banks, Agent)

Intervener in support of the applicants: Kingdom of Spain (repre-
sented by: N. Díaz Abad, abogado del Estado)