CELEX: 62009TJ0011
Language: en
Date: 2010-02-23
Title: Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 23 February 2010. # Rahmi Özdemir v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark James Jones - Earlier Community word mark JACK & JONES - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-11/09.

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 23 February 2010 – Özdemir v OHIM – Aktieselskabet af 21. november 2001 (James
            Jones)
      (Case T-11/09) 
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community word mark James Jones – Earlier Community word mark JACK & JONES – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services
         – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 21, 38)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 November 2008 (Case R 858/2007-2), concerning
                  opposition proceedings between Aktieselskabet af 21. november 2001 and Mr Rahmi Özdemir.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Rahmi Özdemir
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Word mark James Jones for goods in Class 25
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               Aktieselskabet af 21. november 2001
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               Community trade mark registration No 1107747 of the word mark JACK & JONES for goods in Classes 3, 18 and 25; United Kingdom
                  trade mark registration No 2063437 of the word mark JACK & JONES for goods in Class 25; Benelux trade mark registration No
                  474622 of the word mark JACK & JONES for goods in Class 25; Denmark trade mark registration No VR 1990 06569 of the word mark
                  JACK & JONES for goods in Class 25
               
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Opposition upheld
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Mr Rahmi Özdemir to pay the costs.