CELEX: 62006TJ0315
Language: en
Date: 2008-11-19 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 19 November 2008. # Ercros, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark TAI CROS - Earlier national word marks CROS, SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA CROS and ERCROS - Earlier national figurative marks CROS - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94. # Case T-315/06.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 19 November 2008 – Ercros v OHIM – Degussa (TAI CROS)
      (Case T-315/06)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark TAI CROS – Earlier national word marks CROS, SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA CROS and ERCROS – Earlier national figurative marks CROS – Relative ground for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
      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 29, 42-43, 47)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 September 2006 (Case R 29/2006-1) concerning
                  opposition proceedings between Ercros, SA and Degussa GmbH.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Degussa GmbH
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Figurative mark TAI CROS for goods in Class 1 – Application No 2768851
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               Ercros, SA
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               National word marks CROS, SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA CROS and ERCROS and national figurative marks CROS for goods in Class 1
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Rejection of the opposition
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Ercros,  SA to pay the costs.