CELEX: 62009TJ0270
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2010. # PVS - Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle Rhein-Ruhr GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark medidata - Earlier national word mark MeDiTA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Similarity of the services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-270/09.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2010 – PVS v OHIM – MeDiTa Medizinische Kurierdienst (medidata)
      (Case T-270/09)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark medidata – Earlier national word mark MeDiTA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Similarity of the services – 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 30-31, 54-55)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 May 2009 (Case R 1724/2007-4) relating to
                  opposition proceedings between MeDiTA Medizinische Kurierdienst- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH and PVS – Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle
                  Rhein-Ruhr GmbH.
               
            Information relating to the case 
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               PVS – Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle Rhein-Ruhr GmbH
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Figurative mark medidata in the colours blue, grey and white for services in Classes 35, 36, 41, 42 and 44 – Application No
                  4495842
               
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               MeDiTA Medizinische Kurierdienst- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               German word mark MeDiTA for services in Classes 35 and 39, whereas the opposition is directed against registration in Class
                  35  
               
            
         
               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 Privatärztliche Verrechnungsstelle Rhein-Ruhr GmbH to pay the costs.