CELEX: 62007TA0446
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-446/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 2009 — Royal Appliance International v OHIM — BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (Centrixx) (Community trade mark — Opposition procedure — Application for Community word mark Centrixx — Earlier national word mark sensixx — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

24.10.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 256/25
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 2009 — Royal Appliance International v OHIM — BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (Centrixx)
   (Case T-446/07) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for Community word mark Centrixx - Earlier national word mark sensixx - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2009/C 256/45
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Royal Appliance International GmbH (Hilden, Germany) (represented by: K.-J. Michaeli and M. Schork, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner and B. Schmidt, Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: S. Biagosch, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007 (Case R 572/2006-4) concerning opposition proceedings between BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH and Royal Appliance International GmbH.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Royal Appliance International GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.