CELEX: 62007TJ0490
Language: en
Date: 2009-12-17
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2009. # Notartel SpA - Società informatica del Notariato v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark R.U.N. - Earlier Community and national word marks 'ran' - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Obligation to state reasons - Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009) - Partial refusal of registration. # Case T-490/07.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 17 December 2009 – Notartel v OHIM – SAT.1 (R.U.N.)
      (Case T-490/07)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark R.U.N. – Earlier Community and national word marks ‘ran’ – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – Obligation to state reasons – Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009) – Partial refusal of registration)
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services
         – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 52, 71)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 October 2007 (Case R 1267/2006-4) concerning
                  opposition proceedings between SAT.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH and Notartel SpA – Società informatica del Notariato.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Notartel SpA – Sociétà informatica del Notariato
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Word mark R.U.N. for services in Classes 35, 38 and 42 – Application No 1069863
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               SAT.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               Community and national word mark ran, for goods and services in Classes 9, 35, 38, 41 and 42
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Opposition dismissed
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal allowed in part, in respect of some services in Classes 38 and 42
            
         
      Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Notartel SpA – Società informatica del Notariato to pay the costs.