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**Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 7 February 2006 − Alecansan v OHIM**

**(Case T-202/03)**

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the figurative Community trade mark COMP USA – Earlier national figurative mark COMP USA – Lack of similarity of the goods and services – Rejection of the opposition – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services
(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 49, 51)

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 March 2003 (Case R 711/2002-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Alecansan, SL, and CompUSA Management Co. |

**Information relating to the case**:

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| Applicant for the Community trade mark: | CompUSA Management Co. |
| Community trade mark sought: | Figurative mark ‘COMP USA’ – Application No 2.133.202 for goods in Classes 9 and 37 (computer hardware and software) |
| Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: | Alecansan, SL |
| Mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: | English figurative mark ‘COMP USA’, for goods in Class 39 (transport) |
| Decision of the Opposition Division: | Dismissal of the opposition |
| Decision of the Board of Appeal: | Dismissal of the appeal |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. |  | Orders the applicant to pay its own costs and those of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs); |

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| 3. |  | Orders the intervener to pay its own costs. |

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