Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 28.4.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 95/55 |

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Action brought on 9 March 2007 — SHS Polar Sistemas Informáticos v OHIM — Polaris Software Lab (POLARIS)

(Case T-79/07)

(2007/C 95/110)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: SHS Polar Sistemas Informáticos, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: C. Hernández Hernández, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Polaris Software Lab Ltd (Chennai, India)

Form of order sought

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| — | That the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market dated 8 January 2007 in Case R 658/2006-2 be annulled; |

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| — | that OHIM bears its own cost and pays those incurred by the applicant. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for the Community trade mark: Polaris Software Lab Ltd

Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark ‘POLARIS ’for goods and services in classes 9 and 42 — application No 3 267 713

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant

Mark or sign cited: The Community word mark ‘POLAR ’for goods and services in classes 9, 38 and 42

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld for all the contested goods in class 9

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulment of the Opposition Division's decision

Pleas in law: Violation of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 40/94 as i) the earlier trade mark can be applied to software destined to a non-specialist consumer, which could give rise to a confusion, ii) the small visual and phonetic differences between the two conflicting trade marks do not suffice to avoid a likelihood of confusion and iii) both marks are connected to the same meaning.

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