CELEX: C2006/281/55
Language: en
Date: 2006-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-191/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 September 2006 — MIP METRO v OHIM Tesco Stores (METRO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a figurative mark consisting of the word mark METRO — Earlier national word mark METRO — Expiry of protection of earlier national trade mark)

18.11.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 281/32
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 September 2006 — MIP METRO v OHIM Tesco Stores (METRO)
   (Case T-191/04) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for a figurative mark consisting of the word mark METRO - Earlier national word mark METRO - Expiry of protection of earlier national trade mark)
   (2006/C 281/55)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: MIP METRO Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: R. Kaase, avocat)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance: Tesco Stores Ltd (Cheshunt, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)
   Re:
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 March 2004 (Case R 486/2003-1), relating to opposition proceedings between MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG and Tesco Stores Ltd.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 23 March 2004 (Case R 486/2003-1) is annulled;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicant;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the intervener to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 201, 7.8.2004.