CELEX: 62007TN0446
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-446/07: Action brought on 7 December 2007 — Royal Appliance International v OHIM — BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (Centrixx)

9.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 37/30
            
         Action brought on 7 December 2007 — Royal Appliance International v OHIM — BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (Centrixx)
   (Case T-446/07)
   (2008/C 37/47)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Royal Appliance International GmbH (Hilden, Germany) (represented by: K.-J. Michaeli and M. Schork, 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: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (Munich, Germany)
   Form of order sought
   
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               To annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007 in Case R 572/2006-4;
            
         
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               To order the defendant to pay the applicant's costs and those of the proceedings.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: the applicant.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘Centrixx’ for goods in Class 7 (application No 3 016 227).
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH.
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: the German word mark ‘sensixx’ for goods in Class 7 (No 30 244 090).
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: rejection of the opposition.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: annulment of the decision of the Opposition Division and refusal of the application for registration of the mark.
   
      Pleas in law: infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1), since the Board of Appeal incorrectly applied the principles of Community case-law concerning the likelihood of confusion.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).