CELEX: 62009TA0010
Language: en
Date: 2011-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-10/09: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Formula One Licensing v OHIM — Global Sports Media (FI-LIVE) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark F1-LIVE — Earlier Community figurative marks, and national and international word marks, F1 and F1 Formula 1 — Opposition rejected by the Board of Appeal — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

2.4.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 103/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 — Formula One Licensing v OHIM — Global Sports Media (FI-LIVE)
   (Case T-10/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark F1-LIVE - Earlier Community figurative marks, and national and international word marks, F1 and F1 Formula 1 - Opposition rejected by the Board of Appeal - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2011/C 103/36
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Formula One Licensing BV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: B. Klingberg and K. Sandberg, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Global Sports Media Ltd (Hamilton, Bermuda) (represented by: T. de Haan and J.-J. Evrard, and subsequently by T. de Haan, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 October 2008 (Case R 7/2008-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Racing-Live SAS and Formula One Licensing BV.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Formula One Licensing BV to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.