CELEX: C2007/235/36
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-295/07: Action brought on 3 August 2007 — Vitro Corporativo, S.A. de C.V. v OHIM — VKR Holding (Vitro)

6.10.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 235/20
            
         Action brought on 3 August 2007 — Vitro Corporativo, S.A. de C.V. v OHIM — VKR Holding (Vitro)
   (Case T-295/07)
   (2007/C 235/36)
   Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Vitro Corporativo, S.A. de C.V. (Nuevo Leon, Mexico) (represented by: J. Botella Reyna, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: VKR Holding A/S
   Form of order sought
   
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               Permit registration of the Community trade mark No 2669497 for goods in Class 19.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: The applicant.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘Vitro’ for goods and services in the Classes 1, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 30, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43 (application No 2669497).
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: VKR Holding A/S
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: Word marks ‘Vitral’: Community (No 651745); Danish (No 1956 1415 VR); German (No 725452); and British (No 1436897), for goods, inter alia, in Class 19, to which opposition was directed.
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld and application for goods in Class 19 refused.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal refused.
   
      Pleas in law: Incorrect application of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1) given that the conflicting signs are phonetically and graphically distinct.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994,L 11, p. 1).