CELEX: 62009TA0036
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-36/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — dm-drogerie markt v OHIM — Distribuciones Mylar (dm) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark dm — Earlier national figurative mark dm — Administrative procedure — Decisions of the Opposition Divisions — Revocation — Correction of clerical errors — Legally non-existent measure — Admissibility of appeals before the Board of Appeal — Time-limit for filing an appeal — Legitimate expectations — Articles 59, 60a, 63 and 77a of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Articles 60, 62, 65 and 80 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Rule 53 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

22.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 311/39
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — dm-drogerie markt v OHIM — Distribuciones Mylar (dm)
   (Case T-36/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark dm - Earlier national figurative mark dm - Administrative procedure - Decisions of the Opposition Divisions - Revocation - Correction of clerical errors - Legally non-existent measure - Admissibility of appeals before the Board of Appeal - Time-limit for filing an appeal - Legitimate expectations - Articles 59, 60a, 63 and 77a of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Articles 60, 62, 65 and 80 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Rule 53 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)
   2011/C 311/69
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG (Karlsruhe, Germany) (represented by: O. Bludovsky and C. Mellein, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented: initially by J. Novais Gonçalves and subsequently by G. Schneider, acting as Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Distribuciones Mylar, SA (Gelves, Spain)
   
      Re:
   
   Action against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 October 2008 (Case R 228/2008-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Distribuciones Mylar, SA and dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 30 October 2008 (Case R 228/2008-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Distribuciones Mylar, SA and dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG in so far as it did not declare the amended version of the Opposition Division’s decision of 16 May 2007 to be null and void;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.