CELEX: 62008TJ0534
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-30
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2010. # Granuband BV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark GRANUflex - Previous company name and business name GRANUFLEX - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(4) and Article 52(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) and Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-534/08.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 30 September 2010 – Granuband v OHIM – Granuflex (GRANUflex)
      (Case T-534/08)
      Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community figurative mark GRANUflex – Previous company name and business name GRANUFLEX – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(4) and Article 52(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No
         207/2009)
      
      Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds of invalidity – Registration contrary to Article 8(4) of Regulation No 40/94 (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 8(4) and 52(1)(c)) (see paras
         35-38)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 September 2008 (Case R 1277/2007-2), relating
                  to invalidity proceedings between Granuflex Ipari és Kereskedelmi Kft and Granuband BV.
               
            Information relating to the case 
      
               Registered Community trade mark of which cancellation sought: 
            
            
               Figurative mark GRANUFLEX for goods in Classes 17, 19 and 27 – Community trade mark No 943118
            
         
               Proprietor of the Community trade mark: 
            
            
               Granuband BV
            
         
               Party requesting the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: 
            
            
               Granuflex Ipari és Kereskedelmi Kft
            
         
               Trade mark of the party seeking cancellation: 
            
            
               Commercial designation GRANUFLEX for goods and services in Classes 17, 19, 27 and 37
            
         
               Decision of the Cancellation Division:
            
            
               Community trade mark annulled
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal: 
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Granuband BV to pay the costs.