CELEX: 62007TJ0409
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-23
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 23 September 2009. # Helge B. Cohausz v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark acopat - Earlier national word marks COPAT - Relative ground for refusal - No genuine use of the earlier marks - Article 56(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-409/07.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 23 September 2009 – Cohausz v OHIM – Izquierdo Faces (acopat)
      (Case T-409/07)
      Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community figurative mark acopat – Earlier national word marks COPAT – Relative ground for refusal – No genuine use of the earlier marks – Article 56(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
      Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds of invalidity – Registration contrary to Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 56(2)) (see paras 37-77)
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 September 2007 (Case R 289/2006-1) relating
                  to invalidity proceedings between Helge B. Cohausz and José Izquierdo Faces.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Registered Community trade mark subject to an application for validity:
            
            
               Figurative mark acopat for services in Classes 35 and 42 – Community trade mark No 1643782
            
         
               Proprietor of the Community trade mark:
            
            
               José Izquierdo Faces
            
         
               Party requesting the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Helge B. Cohausz
            
         
               Trade mark right of the party requesting the declaration of invalidity:
            
            
               National word mark COPAT for goods and services in Classes 9, 35, 41 and 42
            
         
               Decision of the Cancellation Division:
            
            
               Declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal: 
            
            
               Annulment of the Cancellation Division’s decision and dismissal of the request for a declaration of invalidity
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Mr Helge B. Cohausz to pay the costs.