do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Case T-462/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2008 — JTEKT v OHIM (IFS) (Community trade mark — Application for a Community word mark IFS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Not descriptive — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), motor vehicle industry, trade-mark law

C 32/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.2.2009

3. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 69, 19.3.2005.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 December
2008 — Tomorrow Focus v OHIM — Information Builders
(Tomorrow Focus)

(Case T-90/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for Community word mark Tomorrow Focus — Earlier
Community figurative mark FOCUS — Likelihood of confu-
sion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December
2008 — JTEKT v OHIM (IFS)

(Case T-462/05) (1)

(Community trade mark — Application for a Community
word mark IFS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Not
descriptive — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2009/C 32/47)

Parties

(2009/C 32/48)

Language of the case: German

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: JTEKT Corp., formerly Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
(Aichi-ken, Japan) (represented by: initially by J. Wachinger and
M. Zöbisch, and subsequently by M. De Zorti, M. Koch and
T. Grimm, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks
Folliard-
Monguiral, Agent)

(represented by: A.

and Designs)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 14 September 2005 (Case R 1157/2004-1)
concerning an application to register the word mark IFS as a
Community trade mark.

Applicant: Tomorrow Focus AG (Munich, Germany) (represented
initially by U. Gürtler, then by J. Berlinger)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First Instance: Information Builders
(Netherlands) BV (Amstelveen, Netherlands)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 17 January 2006 (Case R 116/2005-1) relating to
Builders
opposition
(Netherlands) BV and Tomorrow Focus AG.

Information

proceedings

between

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Operative part of the judgment

1. Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) of 14 September 2005 (Case R 1157/2004-1);

The Court:

1. dismisses the action;

2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by

JTEKT Corp.

2. orders Tomorrow Focus AG to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 74, 25.3.2006.

(1) OJ C 108, 6.5.2006.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1229/2008 of 10 December 2008 entering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (San Simón da Costa (PDO), Ail blanc de Lomagne (PGI), Steirischer Kren (PGI))
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, France, bulb vegetable, cheese, designation of origin, location of production, product designation

11.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 333/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1229/2008

of 10 December 2008

entering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected
indications (San Simón da Costa (PDO), Ail blanc de Lomagne (PGI), Steirischer
geographical

Kren (PGI))

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of
20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications
and designations of origin for agricultural products and food­
stuffs (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

to the first subparagraph of Article 6(2) of
Pursuant
Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 and in accordance with
Article 17(2) thereof, Spain’s application to register the
name ‘San Simón da Costa’, France’s application to
register the name ‘Ail blanc de Lomagne’ and Austria’s

application to register the name ‘Steirischer Kren’ were
published in the Official Journal of the European Union (2).

(2)

As no objection under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
510/2006 has been received by the Commission, these
names should be entered in the Register,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The names in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby entered
in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected
geographical indications.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12.

(2) OJ C 85, 4.4.2008, p. 13 (San Simón da Costa), OJ C 87, 8.4.2008,
p. 8 (Ail blanc de Lomagne), OJ C 91, 12.4.2008, p. 26 (Steirischer
Kren).

L 333/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.12.2008

Agricultural products intended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty:

ANNEX

Class 1.3. Cheeses

SPAIN

San Simón da Costa (AOP)

Class 1.6. Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed

FRANCE

Ail blanc de Lomagne (IGP)

AUSTRIA

Steirischer Kren (IGP)
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5362 — SHV/Vanderlande) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, handling, holding company, machinery, management, merger control

C 315/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.12.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5362 — SHV/Vanderlande)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 315/02)

On 7 November 2008, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5362. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

10.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 315/7

IV

(Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND
BODIES

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

9 December 2008

(2008/C 315/03)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

PLN

RON

SKK

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovak koruna

1,2838

TRY

Turkish lira

118,85

AUD Australian dollar

7,4499

0,87110

10,5063

1,5593

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0340

1,9596

1,6171

9,9500

2,3730

1,9321

290,00

KRW South Korean won

1 837,76

9,1500

1,9558

25,738

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

263,28

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,7091

3,9220

3,8913

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

30,181

MXN Mexican peso

13,0851

8,8242

7,1856

14 185,99

4,6441

62,320

35,9805

45,504

3,1845

17,2928

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1228/2008 of 10 December 2008 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, common agricultural policy, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

11.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 333/1

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

I

REGULATIONS

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1228/2008

of 10 December 2008

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),

Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations,
the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values
for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and
periods stipulated in Annex XV, Part A thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007
of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules for
Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and
(EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector (2), and in
particular Article 138(1) thereof,

The standard import values referred to in Article 138 of Regu­
lation (EC) No 1580/2007 are fixed in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 December 2008.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 350, 31.12.2007, p. 1.

L 333/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.12.2008

Standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 10 20

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

MA
TR
ZZ

JO
MA
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

AR
BR
CL
EG
MA
TR
ZA
ZW
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CN
HR
IL
TR
ZZ

MA
TR
ZZ

CA
CL
CN
MK
US
ZA
ZZ

CN
TR
US
ZZ

81,5
75,2
78,4

167,2
56,7
84,0
102,6

128,5
133,8
131,2

18,1
44,6
36,4
30,5
76,3
62,7
43,2
43,9
44,5

72,3
73,0
72,7

52,4
54,6
71,9
57,3
59,1

59,0
64,6
61,8

89,2
43,7
71,7
34,8
106,7
123,2
78,2

56,2
97,0
133,9
95,7

(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). Code ‘ZZ’ stands

for ‘of other origin’.
Case T-365/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2008 — Bateaux Mouches v OHIM — Castanet (BATEAUX MOUCHES) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark BATEAUX MOUCHES — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and Article 51(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), pleasure craft, trade-mark law

7.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 32/29

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December
2008 — Bateaux Mouches v OHIM — Castanet (BATEAUX
MOUCHES)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December
2008 — Vitro Corporativo v OHIM — VKR Holding
(Vitro)

(Case T-365/06) (1)

(Case T-412/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Com-
munity word mark BATEAUX MOUCHES — Absolute
grounds for
refusal — Lack of distinctive character —
Article 7(1)(b) and Article 51(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
— Lack of distinctive character acquired through use —
Article 7(3) and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for Community figurative mark Vitro — Earlier Com-
munity word mark VITRAL — Relative ground for refusal —
Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 40/94)

(2009/C 32/53)

Language of the case: French

(2009/C 32/54)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Compagnie des bateaux mouches SA (Paris, France)
(represented by: D. de Leusse, lawyer)

Applicant: Vitro Corporativo, SA de CV (Garza García, Nuevo
Léon, Mexico) (represented by: J. Botella Reyna, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Folliard-
(Trade Marks
Monguiral, agent)

(represented by: A.

and Designs)

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

(represented by:

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
Jean-Noël Castanet
intervening before the Court of First Instance:
(Munich, Germany) (represented by: J. Sulzer, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
VKR Holding A/S (Søborg, Denmark)

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 7 September 2006 (Case R 1172/2005-1) relating
to invalidity proceedings between Jean-Noël Castanet and the
Compagnie des bateaux mouches SA.

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 13 October 2006 (Case R 1364/2005-2)
concerning opposition proceedings between VKR Holding A/S
and Vitro Corporativo, SA de CV.

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 Compagnie des bateaux mouches SA to pay the costs.

2. Orders Vitro Corporativo, SA de CV to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.

(1) OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.
Case T-412/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2008 — Vitro Corporativo v OHIM — VKR Holding (Vitro) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Vitro — Earlier Community word mark VITRAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), glass industry, trade-mark law

7.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 32/29

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December
2008 — Bateaux Mouches v OHIM — Castanet (BATEAUX
MOUCHES)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 December
2008 — Vitro Corporativo v OHIM — VKR Holding
(Vitro)

(Case T-365/06) (1)

(Case T-412/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Com-
munity word mark BATEAUX MOUCHES — Absolute
grounds for
refusal — Lack of distinctive character —
Article 7(1)(b) and Article 51(1) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
— Lack of distinctive character acquired through use —
Article 7(3) and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for Community figurative mark Vitro — Earlier Com-
munity word mark VITRAL — Relative ground for refusal —
Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 40/94)

(2009/C 32/53)

Language of the case: French

(2009/C 32/54)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Compagnie des bateaux mouches SA (Paris, France)
(represented by: D. de Leusse, lawyer)

Applicant: Vitro Corporativo, SA de CV (Garza García, Nuevo
Léon, Mexico) (represented by: J. Botella Reyna, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Folliard-
(Trade Marks
Monguiral, agent)

(represented by: A.

and Designs)

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

(represented by:

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
Jean-Noël Castanet
intervening before the Court of First Instance:
(Munich, Germany) (represented by: J. Sulzer, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
VKR Holding A/S (Søborg, Denmark)

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 7 September 2006 (Case R 1172/2005-1) relating
to invalidity proceedings between Jean-Noël Castanet and the
Compagnie des bateaux mouches SA.

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 13 October 2006 (Case R 1364/2005-2)
concerning opposition proceedings between VKR Holding A/S
and Vitro Corporativo, SA de CV.

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 Compagnie des bateaux mouches SA to pay the costs.

2. Orders Vitro Corporativo, SA de CV to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.

(1) OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.
Case T-56/08: Order of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2008 — Stichting IEA Secretariaat Nederland and Others v Commission
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), award of contract, equal treatment, invitation to tender, social survey

C 32/48

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

7.2.2009

Action brought on 2 December 2008 — Diputación Foral
de Vizcaya v Commission

(Case T-531/08)

(2009/C 32/92)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya — Diputación Foral de
Vizcaya (represented by: I. Sáenz-Cortabarría Fernández and M.
Morales Isasi, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

— Declaration that the letter from the Directorate General of
the European Commission D/53778
Competition of
[COMP/H4/NM/ed D(2008) 247], of 2 October 2008,
is
null and void, in so far as it requires the interest referred to
in Decisions 2003/27/EC and 2002/806/EC, of 11 July
2001 (infringement file 2007/2215), to be recovered on a
compound basis; and

— An order that the Commission should pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are those put forward in
Case T-529/08 Diputación Foral de Álava v Commission.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 10 December 2008
— Stichting IEA Secretariaat Nederland and Others v
Commission

(Case T-56/08) (1)

(2009/C 32/93)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Sixth Chamber has ordered that the case be
removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.

Order of the Court of First Instance of 2 December 2008
— British Sky Broadcasting Group v OHIM — Vortex
(SKY)

(Case T-66/08) (1)

(2009/C 32/94)

Language of the case: English

The President of the Seventh Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 116, 9.5.2008.
Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: Denmark, European Community
Subjects: Denmark, agreement (EU), civil law, commercial law, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU

10.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 331/21

AGREEMENTS

COMMISSION

Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of
judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

According to Article 3(2) of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of
judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (1),
Denmark on the service of
(hereafter ‘the Agreement’), whenever amendments to
concluded by Council Decision 2006/326/EC (2)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 (3) are adopted, Denmark shall notify to the Commission of its
decision whether or not to implement the content of such amendments.

Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) on the service in the
Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents),
and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 was adopted on 13 November 2007.

In accordance with Article 3(2) of the Agreement, Denmark has by letter of 20 November 2007 notified the
Commission of its decision to implement the contents of Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007. In accordance
with Article 3(6) of the Agreement, the Danish notification creates mutual obligations between Denmark
and the Community. Thus, Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 constitutes amendment to the Agreement and is
considered annexed thereto.

In accordance with Article 3(4) of the Agreement, the necessary administrative measures will take effect on
the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007.

(1) OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 55.
(2) OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 37.
(4) OJ L 324, 10.12.2007, p. 79.