Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 7.11.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 267/61 |

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 23 September 2009 — Cohausz v OHIM — Izquierdo Faces (acopat)

(Case T-409/07)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2009267EN.01006101-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark acopat - Earlier national word marks COPAT - Relative ground for refusal - No genuine use of the earlier marks - Article 56(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2009/C 267/107

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Helge B. Cohausz (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented initially by: I. Friedhoff, lawyer, and subsequently by S. von Petersdorff-Campen and H. Timmann, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance: José Izquierdo Faces (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by: H. Bock, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 September 2007 (Case R 289/2006-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Helge B. Cohausz and José Izquierdo Faces.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action. |

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| 2. | Orders Mr Helge B. Cohausz to pay the costs. |

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