CELEX: 62011TA0608
Language: en
Date: 2013-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-608/11: Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2013 — Beifa Group v OHIM — Schwan-Stabilo Schwanhäußer (Instrument for writing) (Community design — Invalidity proceedings — Registered Community design representing an instrument for writing — Earlier national figurative and three-dimensional trade marks — Ground for invalidity — Use in the Community design of an earlier sign the holder of which has the right to prohibit such use — Article 25(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of an earlier decision)

3.8.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 225/74
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2013 — Beifa Group v OHIM — Schwan-Stabilo Schwanhäußer (Instrument for writing)
   (Case T-608/11) (1)
   
   (Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing an instrument for writing - Earlier national figurative and three-dimensional trade marks - Ground for invalidity - Use in the Community design of an earlier sign the holder of which has the right to prohibit such use - Article 25(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of an earlier decision)
   2013/C 225/163
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Beifa Group Co. Ltd (Ningbo, China) (represented by: R. Davis, Barrister, N. Cordell, Solicitor, and B. Longstaff, Barrister)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Schwan-Stabilo Schwanhäußer GmbH & Co. KG (Heroldsberg, Germany) (represented by: H. Gauß and U. Blumenröder, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 August 2011 (Case R 1838/2010-3) relating to invalidity proceedings between Schwan-Stabilo Schwanhäußer GmbH & Co. KG and Ningbo Beifa Group Co., Ltd.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Beifa Group Co. Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 32, 4.2.2012.