CELEX: 62008TN0502
Language: en
Date: 2008-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-502/08: Action brought on 21 November 2008 — Volkswagen v OHIM — Deutsche BP (SunGasoline)

21.2.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/48
            
         Action brought on 21 November 2008 — Volkswagen v OHIM — Deutsche BP (SunGasoline)
   (Case T-502/08)
   (2009/C 44/84)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: H.-P. Schrammek, C. Drzymalla and S Risthaus, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Deutsche BP AG (Gelsenkirchen, Germany)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 September 2008 in appeal case R-513/2007-4, and
            
         
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               Order the defendant to bear the costs of the proceedings.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: Volkswagen.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: word mark ‘SunGasoline’ in respect of goods and services in Classes 4, 7, 12, 35, 37 and 39 (Application No 3 418 647).
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Deutsche BP AG.
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: the German word mark ‘GASOLIN’ (Trade mark No 763 901) in respect of goods in Class 4.
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the opposition.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal upheld for certain goods in Class 4.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 15(2)(b) in conjunction with Article 43(2) of Regulation No 40/94 (1) in that legally accepted use of the mark in opposition was not proved to the requisite level, and infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/1994 in that there is no likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/1994 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).