CELEX: 62007TA0434
Language: en
Date: 2009-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Case T-434/07: Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2009 — Volvo Trademark v OHIM — Grebenshikova (SOLVO) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark SOLVO — Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks VOLVO — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

30.1.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 24/47
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2009 — Volvo Trademark v OHIM — Grebenshikova (SOLVO)
   (Case T-434/07) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark SOLVO - Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks VOLVO - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2010/C 24/82
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Volvo Trademark Holding AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) (represented by: T. Dolde, V. von Bomhard and A. Renck, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen and A. Folliard Monguiral, Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Elena Grebenshikova (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (represented by: M. Björkenfeldt, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 2 August 2007 (Case R 1240/2006-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Volvo Trademark Holding AB and Ms Elena Grebenshikova.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The General Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 2 August 2007 (Case R 1240/2006-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Volvo Trademark Holding AB and Ms Elena Grebenshikova;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Volvo Trademark Holding;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Ms Grebenshikova to bear her own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Volvo Trademark Holding.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.