CELEX: 62008TA0016
Language: en
Date: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-16/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Perfetti Van Melle v OHIM — Cloetta Fazer (CENTER SHOCK) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark CENTER SHOCK — Earlier national word marks CENTER — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

15.8.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 193/20
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 1 July 2009 — Perfetti Van Melle v OHIM — Cloetta Fazer (CENTER SHOCK)
   (Case T-16/08) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark CENTER SHOCK - Earlier national word marks CENTER - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2009/C 193/31
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Perfetti Van Melle SpA (Lainate, Italy) (represented by: P. Perani and P. Pozzi, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Novais Gonçalves, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Cloetta Fazer AB (Ljungsbro, Sweden) (represented by: J. Runsten and S. Sparring initially, and subsequently by M. Treis, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 November 2007 (Case R 149/2006-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Cloetta Fazer AB and Perfetti Van Melle SpA.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Perfetti Van Melle SpA to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 64, 8.3.2008.