CELEX: 62008TN0225
Language: en
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-225/08: Action brought on 13 June 2008 — Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel v OHIM — Schwarzbräu (ALASKA)

30.8.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 223/47
            
         Action brought on 13 June 2008 — Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel v OHIM — Schwarzbräu (ALASKA)
   (Case T-225/08)
   (2008/C 223/82)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel GmbH (Ebersburg, Germany) (represented by: P. Wadenbach, 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: Schwarzbräu GmbH (Zusmarshausen, Germany)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 8 April 2008 (Case R 877/2004-4);
            
         
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               Completely delete the Community trade mark No 505 552 ‘ALASKA’ owing to the existence of absolute grounds for refusal;
            
         
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               Order the defendant to bear the costs of the proceedings;
            
         
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               In the alternative to the second application, declare Community trade mark No 505 552 ‘ALASKA’ invalid at least in respect of the following goods: ‘Mineral waters and carbonated waters and other non-alcoholic drinks in Class 32’.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought: the figurative mark ‘ALASKA’ for goods in Class 32 (Community trade mark No 505 552)
   
      Proprietor of the Community trade mark: Schwarzbräu GmbH
   
      Applicant for the declaration of invalidity: Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel GmbH
   
      Decision of the Cancellation Division: Rejection of the application for the declaration of invalidity of the trade mark concerned.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the applicant's appeal.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (g) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1).
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).