CELEX: C2007/315/61
Language: en
Date: 2007-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-38/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 November 2007 — Sunplus Technology v OHIM — Sun Microsystems (SUN PLUS) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative mark SUNPLUS — Earlier national word mark SUN — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity between goods — Similarity between marks)

22.12.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 315/33
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 November 2007 — Sunplus Technology v OHIM — Sun Microsystems (SUN PLUS)
   (Case T-38/04) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative mark SUNPLUS - Earlier national word mark SUN - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity between goods - Similarity between marks)
   (2007/C 315/61)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd (Hsinchu, Taiwan) (represented by: H. Eichmann, G. Barth, U. Blumenröder, C. Niklas-Falter, M. Kinkeldey, K. Brandt, A. Franke, U. Stephani, B. Allekotte, E. Pfrang, K. Lochner, B. Ertle, C. Neuhierl and S. Prückner, Lawyers)
   
      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: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, California, United States of America) (represented by: M. Graf, Lawyer)
   Re:
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 October 2003 (Case R 642/2000-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.