CELEX: C2005/229/29
Language: en
Date: 2005-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 July 2005 in Case T-312/03 Wassen International Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Earlier national figurative mark comprising the word element ‘Selenium Spezial A-C-E’ — Application for Community word mark SELENIUM-ACE — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

17.9.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 229/15
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
   
   of 14 July 2005
   in Case T-312/03 Wassen International Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Earlier national figurative mark comprising the word element ‘Selenium Spezial A-C-E’ - Application for Community word mark SELENIUM-ACE - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   (2005/C 229/29)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case T-312/03: Wassen International Ltd, established in Leatherhead (United Kingdom), represented by M. Edenborough, Barrister, and S. Mayer, Solicitor, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: S. Laitinen and M. Capostagno), the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal being Stroschein Gesundkost GmbH, established in Hamburg (Germany) — ACTION for annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2003 (Case R 121/2002-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Wassen International Ltd and Stroschein Gesundkost GmbH, — the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber), composed of M. Jaeger, President, V. Tiili and O. Czúcz, Judges; B. Pastor, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 14 July 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 264, 1.11.2003.