CELEX: 62008TJ0016
Language: en
Date: 2009-07-01
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 1 July 2009. # Perfetti Van Melle SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark CENTER SHOCK - Earlier national word marks CENTER - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No (EC) 207/2009). # Case T-16/08.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 1 July 2009 – Perfetti Van Melle v OHIM – Cloetta Fazer (CENTER
            SHOCK)
      (Case T-16/08)
      Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community word mark CENTER SHOCK – Earlier national word marks CENTER – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation
         (EC) No 207/2009)
      
      Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds of invalidity (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 8(1)(b) and 52(1)(a)) (see paras 41-44, 49-50)
      Re: 
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 November 2007 (Case R 149/2006-4) relating
                  to invalidity proceedings between Cloetta Fazer AB and Perfetti Van Melle SpA.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Registered Community trade mark subject of the application for a declaration of invalidity:
            
            
               The word mark ‘CENTER SHOCK’ for goods in Class 30 – Community trade mark No 973065
            
         
               Proprietor of the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Perfetti Van Melle SpA
            
         
               Party requesting the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Cloetta Fazer AB
            
         
               Trade mark right of the party requesting the declaration of invalidity:
            
            
               The national word marks ‘CENTER’ and ‘CLOETTA CENTER’ for goods in, inter alia, Class 30
            
         
               Decision of the Cancellation Division:
            
            
               Declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      1.      Dismisses the action;
      2.      Orders Perfetti Van Melle SpA to pay the costs.