CELEX: 62004TA0325
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-325/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 February 2008 — Citigroup v OHIM — Link Interchange Network (WORLDLINK) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark WORLDLINK — Earlier national figurative mark LiNK — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Restriction of services covered in the trade mark application — Identity of services — Similarity of signs — Articles 73 and 74 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

12.4.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 92/26
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 February 2008 — Citigroup v OHIM — Link Interchange Network (WORLDLINK)
   (Case T-325/04) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark WORLDLINK - Earlier national figurative mark LiNK - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Restriction of services covered in the trade mark application - Identity of services - Similarity of signs - Articles 73 and 74 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   (2008/C 92/52)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Citigroup, Inc. formerly Citicorp (New York, New York, United States) (represented initially by: V. von Bomhard, A. Renck, A. Pohlmann, lawyers and C. Schulte, Solicitor, and subsequently by V. von Bomhard and A. Renck)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Link Interchange Network Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: D. McFarland, Barrister, and R. Brown, Solicitor)
   Re:
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 May 2004 (Case R 789/2002-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Link Interchange Network Ltd and Citigroup, Inc.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Citigroup, Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 273, 6.11.2004.