CELEX: C2005/171/34
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 4 May 2005 in Case T-22/04: Reemark Gesellschaft für Markenkooperation mbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community Trade Mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark Westlife — Earlier national mark West — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs)

9.7.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/19
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
   
   of 4 May 2005
   in Case T-22/04: Reemark Gesellschaft für Markenkooperation mbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
   
   (Community Trade Mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark Westlife - Earlier national mark West - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs)
   (2005/C 171/34)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case T-22/04: Reemark Gesellschaft für Markenkooperation mbH, established in Hamburg (Germany), represented by P. Koch Moreno, lawyer, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agent: S. Laitinen), the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM being Bluenet Ltd, established in Limerick (Ireland) — application for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 November 2003 (Case R 238/2002-2) relating to opposition proceedings brought by the holder of the mark West against the application for the mark Westlife — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, N.J. Forwood and S. Papasavvas, Judges; B. Pastor, Assistant Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 4 May 2005, in which it:
   
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               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 17 November 2003 (Case R 238/2002-2);
            
         
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               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and those incurred by the applicant.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.