CELEX: 62009TA0488
Language: en
Date: 2011-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-488/09: Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2011 — Jager & Polacek v OHIM (REDTUBE) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark REDTUBE — Earlier unregistered national mark Redtube — Failure to pay the opposition fee within the prescribed period — Decision deeming the opposition non-existent — Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 — Protection of legitimate expectations — Rule 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Ex parte proceedings — Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96 — Rule 18 of Regulation No 2868/95 — Legal nature of a communication from OHIM informing a party that an opposition has been found to be admissible — Rule of parallelism of procedural requirements and of the actus contrarius — Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

25.6.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 186/23
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 12 May 2011 — Jager & Polacek v OHIM (REDTUBE)
   (Case T-488/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark REDTUBE - Earlier unregistered national mark Redtube - Failure to pay the opposition fee within the prescribed period - Decision deeming the opposition non-existent - Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 - Protection of legitimate expectations - Rule 17 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 - Ex parte proceedings - Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96 - Rule 18 of Regulation No 2868/95 - Legal nature of a communication from OHIM informing a party that an opposition has been found to be admissible - Rule of parallelism of procedural requirements and of the actus contrarius - Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2011/C 186/43
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Jager & Polacek GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: A. Renck, V. von Bomhard and T. Dolde, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 September 2009 (Case R 442/2009-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Jager & Polacek GmbH and RT Mediasolutions s.r.o.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Jager & Polacek GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 37, 13.2.2010.