CELEX: 62010TN0197
Language: en
Date: 2010-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-197/10: Action brought on 27 April 2010 — BVR v OHIM — Austria Leasing (Austria Leasing Gesellschaft m.b.H. Mitglied der Raiffeisen-Bankengruppen Österreich)

3.7.2010   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 179/47
            
         Action brought on 27 April 2010 — BVR v OHIM — Austria Leasing (Austria Leasing Gesellschaft m.b.H. Mitglied der Raiffeisen-Bankengruppen Österreich)
   (Case T-197/10)
   2010/C 179/82
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken eV (BVR) (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: I. Rinke, 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: Austria Leasing GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)
   
      Form of order sought
   
   
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               Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 3 February 2010 (Case R 248/2009-1);
            
         
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               Order the defendant to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: Austria Leasing GmbH.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark containing the word elements ‘Austria Leasing Gesellschaft m.b.H. Mitglied der Raiffeisen-Bankengruppen Österreich’, in respect of services in Classes 35, 36 and 37.
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: BVR.
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: inter alia, a figurative mark registered in Germany which contains the word element ‘Raiffeisen’, in respect of services in Classes 36, 39 and 42.
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the opposition.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, (1) as there is a likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).