CELEX: 62007TA0316
Language: en
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-316/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 January 2009 — Commercy v OHIM — easyGroup IP Licensing (easyHotel) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark easyHotel — Earlier national word mark EASYHOTEL — Relative ground for refusal — Lack of similarity of the goods and services — Articles 8(1)(b) and 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Legal aid — Application lodged by the receiver for a commercial company — Article 94(2) of the Rules of Procedure)

7.3.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 55/23
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 22 January 2009 — Commercy v OHIM — easyGroup IP Licensing (easyHotel)
   (Case T-316/07) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark easyHotel - Earlier national word mark EASYHOTEL - Relative ground for refusal - Lack of similarity of the goods and services - Articles 8(1)(b) and 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Legal aid - Application lodged by the receiver for a commercial company - Article 94(2) of the Rules of Procedure)
   (2009/C 55/42)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Commercy AG (Weimar, Germany) (represented by: F. Jaschke, initially, and S. Grosse and I. Müller, subsequently, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: easyGroup IP Licensing Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: T. Koerl and S. Möbus, lawyers)
   Re:
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 June 2007 (Case R 1295/2006-2) concerning invalidity proceedings between Commercy AG and easyGroup IP Licensing Ltd.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the application for legal aid;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Commercy AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 235, 6.10.2007.