CELEX: 62006TA0400
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-400/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Zero Industry v OHIM — zero Germany (zerorh+) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community mark zerorh+ — Earlier national figurative and word marks zero — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Similarity between products — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

7.11.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 267/56
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Zero Industry v OHIM — zero Germany (zerorh+)
   (Case T-400/06) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community mark zerorh+ - Earlier national figurative and word marks zero - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Similarity between products - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2009/C 267/95
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Zero Industry Srl (Mariano Comense, Italy) (represented by: M. Rapisardi and N. Colombo, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance: zero Germany GmbH & Co. KG, formerly zero International Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Bremen, Germany) (represented by: W.-D. Kuntze, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action for annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 October 2006 (Case R 958/2005-1) concerning opposition proceedings between zero Germany GmbH & Co. KG and Zero Industry Srl.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Zero Industry Srl to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 56, 10.3.2007.