Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.10.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 288/17 |

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Order of the Court of 30 June 2010 — Royal Appliance International GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

(Case C-448/09 P) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2010288EN.01001701-E0001)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 8(1)(b) - Earlier mark ‘sensixx’ - Word mark ‘Centrixx’ - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Application for revocation of an earlier mark - Proceedings pending before the national courts - Request for a stay of the proceedings before the General Court)

(2010/C 288/27)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: Royal Appliance International GmbH (represented by: K.-J. Michaeli and M. Schork, Rechtsanwälte)

Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, acting as Agent), BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH (represented by: S. Biagosch, Rechtsanwalt)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 15 September 2009 in Case T-446/09 Royal Appliance International v OHIM — BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte, by which the Court of First Instance dismissed the action for annulment brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007, rejecting the registration of the word mark ‘Centrixx’ as a Community trade mark for certain goods in Class 7, by granting the opposition by the proprietor of the national word mark ‘sensixx’ — Failure to stay the proceedings while awaiting the resolution of the dispute pending before the national courts concerning the application for revocation of the earlier mark — Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Likelihood of confusion between two marks

Operative part of the order

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| 1. | The appeal is dismissed. |

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| 2. | Royal Appliance International GmbH is ordered to pay the costs. |

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