CELEX: 62009TA0274
Language: en
Date: 2011-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-274/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Deutsche Bahn v OHIM — DSB (IC4) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark IC4 — Earlier Community word mark ICE and earlier national figurative mark IC — Criteria for assessing likelihood of confusion — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the services — Similarity of the signs — Distinctive character of the earlier mark — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

22.10.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 311/40
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2011 — Deutsche Bahn v OHIM — DSB (IC4)
   (Case T-274/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark IC4 - Earlier Community word mark ICE and earlier national figurative mark IC - Criteria for assessing likelihood of confusion - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the services - Similarity of the signs - Distinctive character of the earlier mark - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2011/C 311/72
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Deutsche Bahn AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: E. Haag, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: DSB (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: T. Swanstrøm, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 April 2009 (Case R 1380/2007-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Deutsche Bahn AG and DSB
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 30 April 2009 (Case R 1380/2007-1) and the decision of the Opposition Division of OHIM of 26 July 2007;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay the costs incurred by Deutsche Bahn AG for the purposes of the present judicial proceedings and the proceedings before the Board of Appeal;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders OHIM and DSB to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 220, 12.9.2009.