Case T-363/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September 2008 — Honda Motor Europe v OHIM — Seat (MAGIC SEAT) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MAGIC SEAT — Earlier national figurative trade mark SEAT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-09-09
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law, vehicle parts

C 272/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.10.2008

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September
2008 — Germany v Commission

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 September
2008 — Honda Motor Europe v OHIM — Seat
(MAGIC SEAT)

(Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07, T-15/07 and in Case
T-332/07) (1)

(ERDF — Reduction of financial assistance — Change in the
financing plan without the consent of the Commission —
Concept of significant change — Article 24 of Regulation
(EEC) No 4253/88 — Actions for annulment)

(2008/C 272/44)

Language of the case: German

(Case T-363/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings —
Application for Community word mark MAGIC SEAT —
Earlier
SEAT —
Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion —
Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

trade mark

figurative

national

(2008/C 272/45)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Federal Republic of Germany (represented by:
Applicant:
M. Lumma and,
in Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07 and
T-15/07, also by C. Schulze-Bahr, Agents, assisted by C. von
Donat, lawyer)

Parties

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: G. Wilms and L. Flynn, Agents)

Applicant: Honda Motor Europe Ltd (Slough, Berkshire, United
Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister, and N. Cordell,
Solicitor)

Re:

ACTION for the annulment of Decisions C(2006) 4193 final
and C(2006) 4194 final of 25 September 2006, Decisions
C(2006) 5163 final and C(2006) 5164 final of 3 November
2006 and Decision C(2007) 2619 final of 25 June 2007 redu-
cing the financial assistance from the European Regional Devel-
opment Fund (ERDF)
the
RESIDER — Nordrhein-Westfalen Operational Programme
1994-1999,
for the Operational Programmes for Nordrhein-
Westfalen in the framework of the common SME (small and
medium-sized enterprises) and RECHAR II initiatives, and for
the Operational Programme for Community structural assistance
in the Objective 2 regions of Land Nordrhein-Westfalen for the
period 1994-1996 respectively.

for Objective 2 1997-1999 of

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)
(represented by: S. Laitinen and
A. Folliard Monguiral, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
Seat SA (Barcelona, Spain)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of
the First Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 7 September 2006 (Case R 960/2005-1)
relating to opposition proceedings between Seat SA and Honda
Motor Europe Ltd.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Operative part of the judgment

1. Joins Case T-332/07 to Cases T-349/06, T-371/06, T-14/07

and T-15/07 for the purposes of the judgment;

The Court:

2. Dismisses the actions;

1. Dismisses the action;

3. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay the costs.

2. Orders Honda Motor Europe Ltd to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 20, 27.1.2007.

(1) OJ C 20, 27.1.2007.