Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6.5.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 108/17 |

---

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 March 2006 — Telefon & Buch v OHIM

(Case T-322/03)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2006108EN.01001701-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Admissibility of the action - Unforeseeable circumstances - Application for a declaration of invalidity - Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Word mark WEISSE SEITEN - Absolute grounds for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) to (d) of Regulation No 40/94)

(2006/C 108/27)

Language of the case: German

Parties:

Applicant: Telefon & Buch Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (Salzburg, Austria) (represented by: H. Zeiner and M. Baldares del Barco, lawyers)

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

Other party or parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: Herold Business Data GmbH & Co.KG (Mödling, Austria) (represented by: A. Lensing-Kramer, C. von Nussbaum and U.Reese, lawyers)

Action

brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 June 2003 (Joined Cases R 580/2001-1 and R 592/2001-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Herold Business Data AG and Telefon & Buch Verlagsgesellschaft mbH,

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 2. | Orders the applicant to pay the costs, except those incurred by the intervener; |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 3. | Orders the intervener to bear its own costs. |

---

[Top](#document1)