Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 3.6.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 131/13 |

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 March 2006 — Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Zirh International Corp.

(Case C-206/04 P)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2006131EN.01001301-E0001)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Likelihood of confusion - Word mark ZIRH - Opposition by the proprietor of the Community trade mark SIR)

(2006/C 131/22)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG (represented by: T. Schulte-Beckhausen and C. Musiol, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen and A. von Mühlendahl, Agents)

Intervener: Zirh International Corp., (represented by L. Kouker)

Re:

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 3 March 2004 in Case T-355/02 Mülhens v OHIM, by which it dismissed an action for annulment of the rejection of the opposition by the proprietor of an earlier mark to the registration of a trade mark — Similarity of the marks — Art. 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark ([OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:1994:011:TOC))

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

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| 2. | Orders Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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