Case T-262/08: Action brought on 8 July 2008 — Canon Communications v OHIM — Messe Düsseldorf (MEDTEC)
Date: 2008-07-08
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), communications industry, provision of services, trade event, trade-mark law

30.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 223/55

Mark or sign cited: French trade mark registration No 043 303 854
of the word mark ‘VISUAL’ for services in class 44

Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the Community
trade mark application in its entirety

Mark or sign cited: German trade mark registration No 39 975 563
of the word mark ‘Metec’ for goods and services in classes 16,
35 and 41; international trade mark registration No 752 637 of
the word mark ‘Metec’ for goods and services in classes 16, 35
and 41

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Decision of the Opposition Division: Upheld the opposition with
respect to all the contested goods and services

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation
No 40/94 as there is no likelihood of confusion between the
conflicting trade marks.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: The decision of the Board of Appeal should be
annulled on the ground that there is a considerable chance that
the national trade marks cited in the opposition proceedings are
void; alternatively, infringement of Article 8(1) of Council Regu-
lation No 40/94 as there is no similarity between the services
concerned and therefore no likelihood of confusion between the
conflicting trade marks, or, in the alternative, that the services
concerned are not sufficiently similar to conclude that there is a
likelihood of confusion. In the alternative, it should be estab-
lished that the Board of Appeal erred in not considering the fact
that the public concerned is highly specialised and will therefore
not confuse the conflicting trade marks. Finally, as an alternative
plea in law, it should be established that the Board of Appeal
erred in not taking into account the fact that the other party to
the proceedings before the Board of Appeal tolerated the use of
the Community trade mark concerned by the applicant for
more than five years.

Action brought on 7 July 2008 — Becker Flugfunkwerk v
OHIM — Harman Becker Automotive Systems (BECKER
AVIONIC SYSTEMS)

(Case T-263/08)

(2008/C 223/98)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Action brought on 8 July 2008 — Canon Communications
v OHIM — Messe Düsseldorf (MEDTEC)

(Case T-262/08)

(2008/C 223/97)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Canon Communications LLC (Los Angles, United
States) (represented by: M. Mak, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Messe
Düsseldorf GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Form of order sought

— Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the
(Trade
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Marks and Designs) of 30 April 2008 in case R 817/2005-1;
and

— Order the defendant/the other party to the proceedings

before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs.

Parties

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for the Community trade mark: The applicant

Applicant:
Germany) (represented by: O. Griebenow, lawyer)

Flugfunkwerk

Becker

GmbH (Rheinmünster,

Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘MEDTEC’ for
goods and services in classes 16, 35 and 41

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The
other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Harman
Becker Automotive Systems GmbH (Karlsbad, Germany)