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Ifølge den af sagsøgeren den 29. marts 1996 indgivne ansøgning er der ansøgt om registrering for varer og tjenesteydelser i klasserne 9, 35, 38, 41 og 42 i Nicearrangementet af 15. juni 1957 vedrørende international klassificering af varer og tjenesteydelser til brug ved registrering af varemærker, som revideret og ændret.
According to established case-law, in order for the Community to incur non-contractual liability the applicant must prove the unlawfulness of the alleged conduct of the institution concerned, actual damage and the existence of a causal link between that conduct and the alleged damage.
Det bestemmes, at EF-varemærkeansøgningen henvises til Harmoniseringskontoret med henblik på offentliggørelse i overensstemmelse med artikel 40 i forordning nr. 40/94.
The Commission submits that the lack of diligence it allegedly showed when monitoring the applicant's compliance with its undertaking could not, per se, have been such as to cause the applicant loss.
Undersøgeren afviste ved afgørelse af 18. august 1998 ansøgningen i henhold til artikel 38 i Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 40/94 af 20. december 1993 om EF-varemærker med den begrundelse, at tegnet TRUSTEDLINK manglede fornødent særpræg.
The nature — be it legislative or administrative — of a measure for which a Community institution is criticised has no bearing on the admissibility of an action for damages.
Klagen blev forelagt undersøgeren til berigtigelse af afgørelsen i henhold til artikel 60 i forordningen nr. 40/94.
The third plea in law: failure to seek the annulment of Regulation No 2529/97
Klagen blev den 6. november 1998 henvist til Tredje Appelkammer.
The Commission submits that the applicant has not sought the annulment of Regulation No
Sagsøgeren har under retsmødet frafaldet de såvel principalt som subsidiært nedlagte påstande om, at EF-varemærkeansøgningen henvises til Harmoniseringskontoret med henblik på offentliggørelse i overensstemmelse med artikel 40 i forordning nr. 40/94, hvilket Retten har taget til efterretning.
In the present case, the damage at issue arose from the allegedly unlawful conduct of the Commission when it examined the October 1997 report with the intention of checking whether the applicant had complied during the third quarter of 1997 with the undertaking, the acceptance of
Anbringendet om tüsidescEttehe af arakel 7, stk. 1, litra b), i forordning nr. 40194 de forbindelser, der forbinder forskellige servere eller fører hen til en anden side i samme dokument, og ordet »link« må anses for en artsbetegnelse i denne kontekst.
That allegedly unlawful conduct led the Commission to believe that the applicant had broken its undertaking. It took place in the course of an administrative operation which specifically and exclusively concerned the applicant.
Ordet »link« er et af de få ord til betegnelse af denne væsentlige tekniske egenskab for kommunikationsteknologien.
That operation did not involve any choices of economic policy and conferred on the Commission only very little or no discretion.
Sagsøgeren gør gældende, at de forskellige absolutte registreringshindringer i artikel 7, stk. 1, litra b), c), og d), i forordning nr. 40/94 skal gøres til genstand for en samlet fortolkning, hvoraf det følger, at et varemærke har det fornødne særpræg, hvis det hverken er beskrivende [litra c)] eller almindeligt anvendt som betegnelse for varerne eller tjenesteydelserne [litra d)].
The applicant's lack of relevant experience did not excuse it from automatically appending to the October 1997 report the explanations required for a correct understanding of certain parts of it.
Tegnet TRUSTEDLINK har således betydningen en pålidelig forbindelse eller en forbindelse, der kan stoles på.
In conclusion, mere infringement of Communitylaw will be sufficient, in the present case, to lead to the non-contractual liability of the Community.
Sammensætningen af »trusted« og »link«, skrevet hvert for sig eller i ét ord, gør således ikke andet end at beskrive en forbindelses ønskede kvalitet, i dette tilfælde pålidelighed. Det pågældende tegn er således sammensat af to ord, hvoraf det ene er en artsbetegelse og ikke gør andet end at betegne en væsentlig teknisk egenskab for den elektroniske handel, og det andet angiver, at den har den ønskede kvalitet.
In particular, a finding of an error which, in analogous circumstances, an administrative authority exercising ordinary care and diligence would not have committed will support the conclusion that the conduct of the Community institution was unlawful in such a way as to render the Community liable under Article 215 of the Treaty.
Tegnet TRUSTEDLINK mangler derfor det fornødne særpræg.
The allegedly wrongful Commission's conduct
Under disse omstændigheder skal det undersøges, om tegnet TRUSTEDLINK mangler fornødent særpræg i den forstand, hvori dette begreb anvendes i artikel 7, stk. 1, litra b), i forordning nr. 40/94, for så vidt angår de varer eller tjenesteydelser, der er ansøgt om registrering for.
The applicant claims, first, that the Commission failed to discharge its duty of diligence and good administration.
Det skal anføres, at sagsøgerens subsidiære påstand om, at ordet TRUSTEDLINK skal fastslås at være i overensstemmelse med artikel 7 i forordning nr. 40/94 for de varer og tjenesteydelser, der er nævnt i registreringsansøgningen med henvisning til klasse 35, 38, 41 og 42, skal forkastes af de ovenfor anførte grunde.
For its part, the applicant, by failing of its own accord to append to its October 1997 report the explanations required for the correct understanding of the negative values appearing in it, showed such negligence as would never have been committed by a trader exercising ordinary care and diligence.
Det skal i den forbindelse erindres, at ifølge artikel 4 i forordning nr. 40/94 er det afgørende kriterium for, at et tegn, der kan gengives grafisk,kan udgøre et EF-varemærke, at det er egnet til at adskille en virksomheds varer fra en anden virksomheds.
In the present case, the Court holds that the October 1997 report, in particular its final entries, suggested that the applicant had complied with its undertaking.
Det omtvistede tegn består udelukkende af ordene »trusted« og »link«, der begge er almindelige ord i engelsktalende lande i og uden for Fællesskabet.
If the damage alleged by the applicant is proved, even in part, and if it is apparent that a causal link exists between that damage and the events leading to the imposition of provisional measures on imports of its products, the question which must now be considered, it will be appropriate, when determining the Commission's obligation to make reparation, to take account of the fact that each party bears half of the responsibility for those events.
Hvad angår sagsøgerens påstand om, at registreringen af ordet TRUSTEDLINK som varemærke i USA beviser, at ordet ikke mangler fornødent særpræg, skal der erindres om udtalelserne i Rettens dom af 16. februar 2000, Procter & Gamble mod Harmoniseringskontoret. Det fremgår af denne dom, at en national registrering ikke binder Harmoniseringskontoret, og det skal derfor fastslås, at Appelkammeret ikke har begået nogen retlig fejl ved at skønne, at det ikke var bundet af registreringen i USA Ordet »link« betyder det, der forbinder.
It was after it had amended that report on its own initiative, without taking the precaution of asking the applicant what possible impact its unilateral action might have on the reliability of the information which the applicant had provided, that the Commission concluded that there had been an apparent breach of the undertaking by the applicant.
Dette sidste, og endnu mere World Wide Web, er ikke andet end et omfattende netværk til elektronisk transmission af data på grundlag af
The alleged damage and the causal link between it and the wrongful conduct of the Commission
Det følger heraf, at Appelkammeret med rette har bekræftet, at ordet TRUSTEDLINK i henhold til artikel 7, stk. 1, litra b), i forordning nr. 40/94 ikke er egnet til at udgøre et EF-varemærke.
It is necessary to examine first whether the applicant has proved that it suffered actual loss or damage to its business, as it claims.
betragtninger, som Appelkammeret har henvist til som begrundelse for, at tegnet TRUSTEDLINK mangler fornødent særpræg, finder anvendelse på alle de vare- og tjenesteydelsesklasser, der er ansøgt om registrering for.
There is nothing in the case-file to show that, during the period between 18 December 1997 and 25 March 1998, the applicant was in a position to make up, even in part, for the total absence of exports to the Community market by a corresponding increase in its sales on other world markets.
Anbringendet om begrundelsespligten
The Commission has, moreover, never made such an argument, either in its written submissions or at the hearing.
Det skal for det andet erindres, at i overensstemmelse med artikel 7, stk 2, i forordning nr. 40/94 er tilstedeværelsen af registreringshindringer i en del af Fællesskabet tilstrækkeligt til, at stk. 1 i denne artikel finder anvendelse.
In the present case, it is clear from the certificate issued by the firm of auditors analysed in paragraph 106 above that the period during which the applicant suspended its exports to the Community coincides with that during which the provisional measures imposed by Regulation No 2529/97 applied to imports of its products.
Den anfægtede afgørelse er begrundet i det forhold, at ordet TRUSTEDLINK ikke kan beskyttes i det engelsktalende sprogområde.
That must be interpreted as evidence of the existence of a causal link between the irregularities, in particular those committed by the Commission, giving rise to the imposition of provisional measures, on the one hand, and the loss of profit, on the other.
Sagsøgeren har kritiseret Appelkammeret for at have tilsidesat begrundelsespligten, idet Appelkammeret har undladt for det første at begrunde sin analyse i relation til alle de klasser, for hvilke der er ansøgt om beskyttelse, og for det andet at anføre de medlemsstater, hvori indsigelsen om manglende særpræg gør sig gældende.
In light of those circumstances, it is necessary to assess the amount of the loss of profit suffered by the applicant as a result of the suspension of its exports to the Community between 18 December 1997 and 25 March 1998.
Det fremgår for det første af Appelkammerets afgørelse, at de faktiske forhold og retlige
That loss of profit must be considered to equate to the profit which it would have made if it had continued to export to the Community during that period.
Anbringendet om tilsidesættelse af begrundelsespligten skal derfor ligeledes forkastes.
It is, indeed, undeniable that, were it not for such irregularities and the provisional measures which followed them, the applicant would have continued its exports to the Community in compliance with its undertaking.
Sag T-360/99 Community Concepts AG / Harmoniseringskontoret for det Indre Marked (varemærker, mønstre og modeller) (OHMI) Immaterialrettigheder
The absence of any attempt by the applicant to export its products to the Community during the period in question cannot be regarded as a failure to fulfil the obligation to show reasonable diligence in mitigating the extent of the damage which it claims to have suffered.
»EF-varemærker — ordet Investorworld — absolut hindring for registrering — ikke særpræg« (Fjerde Afdeling)
It is necessary now to determine whether there is a causal link between the loss or damage to the applicant's business, as established by the analysis set out above, and the wrongful conduct of the Commission, confirmed by Regulation No 2529/97, which is clear from the examination carried out earlier.
1998 en EF-varemærkeansøgning til Harmoniseringskontoret for det Indre Marked (varemærker, mønstre og modeller).
withdrawing the provisional measures originally imposed against it.
Der blev ansøgt om registrering af ordet Investorworld som varemærke.
For having thus failed to take the necessary measures as soon as the irregularities giving rise to the imposition of provisional measures on imports of the applicant's products were definitively rectified, the Commission must be held solely responsible for the applicant's loss of profit, at least as from the end of January 1998.
Der blev ligeledes ansøgt om registrering af ordet Investorworld for varer og tjenesteydelser i klasse 9, 16, 35, 38 og 41 i Nice-arrangementet.
It follows that the Commission must be held to be liable for one half of the loss of profit suffered by the applicant between 18 December 1997 and 31 January 1998 and for all the loss caused to the applicant from 1 February to 25 March 1998.
Hvad angår det andet anbringende, har Harmoniseringskontoret anerkendt, at dette er berettiget.
Orders the applicant to bear one quarter of its own costs.'
Anbringendet om tilsidesættelse af artikel 7, stk. 1, litra b), i forordning nr. 40/94
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Ordet »investor« lader forstå, at de benævnte tjenesteydelser henvender sig til investorer og findes i klasse 36. Det forhold, at dette ord sammensættes med »world«, giver intet yderligere præg, der kunne gøre tegnet i dets helhed egnet til at adskille
(Deputies at the European Parliament — Provisional retirement pension scheme — Time-limit for submitting application — Acquired knowledge - Admissibility) (Fourth Chamber)
Sagsøgeren pålægges at betale sagens omkostninger.«
(Community trade mark — The term TRUSTEDLINK Absolute ground for refusal —Article 7(1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94) (Fourth Chamber)
»Konkurrence — EF-traktatens artikel 85 (nu artikel 81 EF) — forpligtelser med hensyn til undersøgelse af klager — lovligheden af begrundelse for afvisning — åbenbart fejlskøn — EF-traktatens artikel 176 (nu artikel 233 EF) — antagelse til realitetsbehandling af et nyt anbringende« (Femte Afdeling)
On 29 March 1996, the applicant filed an application for a Community trade mark at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).
Sagens faktiske omstændigheder og baggrund
The sign in respect of which the application was made is the term TRUSTEDLINK
France, Mitsubishi Sonauto og Richard Nissan SA indgav den 18. november 1985 en klage til Kommissionen på grundlag af EF-traktatens artikel 30 (efter ændring nu artikel 28 EF) og EF-traktatens 85 (nu artikel 81 EF).
By decision of 18 August 1998, the examiner refused the application under Article 38 of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark, as amended, on the ground that the sign TRUSTEDLINK was devoid of any distinctive character.
Den 29. november 1988 indgav sagsøgerne en ny klage over de samme fem importører på grundlag af traktatens artikel 85.
On 8 October 1998, the applicant filed at the Office an appeal against the examiner's decision, under Article 59 of Regulation No 40/94.
En af sagsøgerne, J.-M. Cesbron, der anså sig for offer for en ulovlig aftale indgået mellem fem franske importører af japanske biler, nemlig Sidat Toyota France, Mazda France Motor, Honda
In the terms of the application filed by the applicant on 29 March 1996, the goods and services in respect of which registration was sought came under classes 9, 35, 38, 41 and 42 within the meaning of the Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the
I denne klage gjorde sagsøgerne i det væsentlige gældende, at de fem ovennævnte importører af
The appeal was submitted to the examiner for interlocutory revision under Article 60 of Regulation No 40/94.
Den 29. juni 1990 tilsendte sagsøgerne Kommissionen deres bemærkninger, hvori de på ny gjorde gældende, at deres klager var begrundede.
The appeal was dismissed by decision of 17 September 1999 (hereinafter 'the contested decision') on the ground that the term TRUSTEDLINK is devoid of any distinctive character in relation to the goods and services concerned.
japanske biler over for de franske myndigheder havde påtaget sig en forpligtelse til på det franske marked ikke at sælge et antal biler, der oversteg 3% af det antal biler, der var indregistreret på det samlede franske område i løbet af det foregående kalenderår.
That argument cannot be accepted. As the Office rightly pointed out, each of the absolute grounds for refusal connected with lack of distinctiveness, descriptiveness and customary usage has its own sphere of application and they are neither interdependent nor mutually exclusive.
De nævnte importører skulle endvidere være blevet enige om at opdele denne kvote mellem sig i henhold til forud fastlagte regler under udelukkelse af de konkurrerende virksomheder, der ønskede at sælge japanske biler i Frankrig af andre mærker end dem, der solgtes af deltagerne i den påståede aftale.
As is clear from Article 7(1) of Regulation No 40/94, for a sign to be ineligible for registration as a Community trade mark, it is sufficient that one of the absolute grounds for refusal applies.
Herudover afviste Retten sagsøgernes påstande om erstatning.
Forms of order sought by the parties
Den 5. juni 1990 indgav virksomheden Somaco ligeledes en klage til Kommissionen over handlinger foretaget af virksomhederne CCIE, SIGAM, SAVA SIDA og Auto GM, der alle har sæde i Lamentin (Martinique, Frankrig).
Accordingly, it is necessary to determine whether the sign TRUSTEDLINK is devoid of any distinctive character within the meaning of Article 7(l)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 in relation to the goods or services for which registration of the sign has been requested.
Ved skrivelse af 9. august 1990 meddelte Kommissionen Somaco, at den ikke havde til hensigt at tage virksomhedens klage til følge.
order that the application for a Community trade mark be referred back to the Office to be published in accordance with Article 40 of Regulation No 40/94;
I henhold til artikel 11, stk. 1, i Rådets forordning nr. 17 af 6. februar 1962, første forordning om anvendelse af bestemmelserne i traktatens artikel 85 og 86, udbad Kommissionen sig en række oplysninger fra de indklagede importører.
In this respect, it should be pointed out that, under Article 4 of Regulation No 40/94, the decisive factor if a sign capable of being represented graphically is to be eligible for registration as a Community trade mark is its capacity to distinguish the goods and services of one undertaking from those of another.
I skrivelse af 5. december 1991 meddelte Kommissionen sagsøgerne og Somaco, at den afviste de klager, der var indgivet den 18. november 1985, den 29. november 1988 og den 5. juni 1990.
in the alternative, hold that the term TRUSTEDLINK is in conformity with Article 7 of Regulation No 40/94 in respect of certain goods and services.
På baggrund af Kommissionens vedholdende tavshed anlagde sagsøgerne den 20. marts 1990 et passivitets- og erstatningssøgsmål for Domstolen.
The sign in question is made up exclusively of the words 'trusted' and 'link', both of which are customary in English-speaking countries within and outside the Community.
Ved kendelse af 23. maj 1990 (sag C-72/90, Asia Motor France m.fl. mod Kommissionen) afviste Domstolen passivitets- og erstatningssøgsmålet, for så vidt det angik Kommissionens manglende indgriben over for den påståede overtrædelse af traktatens artikel 30 og henviste sagen til Retten, for så vidt den vedrørte Kommissionens manglende indgriben over for den påståede overtrædelse af traktatens artikel 85 og det heraf følgende ansvar.
In the course of the hearing, the applicant withdrew the heads of claim which had been put forward both principally and in the alternative that the application for a Community trade mark be referred back to the Office to be published in accordance with Article 40 of Regulation No 40/94, and the Court took formal note of that withdrawal.
Denne afvisning havde to begrundelser.
The word 'link' means that which connects.
Ifølge den første begrundelse var de fem indklagede importørers handlinger en integrerende del af de franske offentlige myndigheders politik vedrørende import af japanske biler til Frankrig.
It has a particular meaning in the field of information technology in that it refers, in particular, to the links connecting the various data servers on the Internet.
Inden for rammerne af denne politik fastsatte de offentlige myndigheder ikke alene det totale antal biler, der kunne indføres til Frankrig hvert år, men også den måde, hvorpå bilerne blev fordelt.
Since the Internet, and more particularly the World Wide Web, are merely a vast network of electronic data transmission based on links connecting various servers or leading to another page within the same document, the word 'link' must be regarded as generic in this context.
Ifølge den anden begrundelse var der ikke nogen forbindelse mellem sagsøgernes interesse og den påståede overtrædelse, idet en eventuel anvendelse af artikel 85 ikke kunne antages at ville afhjælpe deres situation.
Indeed, 'link' is one of the only terms available to designate the essential technical feature of that communication technology.
Ved stævning indleveret til Rettens Justitskontor den 4. februar 1992 anlagde sagsøgerne og Somaco et annullationssøgsmål til prøvelse af nævnte beslutning af 5. december 1991.
The applicant claims that the various absolute grounds for refusal provided for in Article 7(l)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation No 40/94 must be interpreted in conjunction with each other, so that it is clear that a trade mark is distinctive if it is neither descriptive (subparagraph (c)) nor customary (subparagraph (d)).
I mellemtiden havde generaldirektøren for Kommissionens Generaldirektorat for Konkurrence i henhold til artikel 6 i Kommissionens forordning nr. 99/63/EØF af 25. juli 1963 om udtalelser i henhold til artikel 19, stk. 1 og 2, i Rådets forordning nr. 17 ved
The sign TRUSTEDLINK has, therefore, the meaning of a reliable link or a link which can be relied on. The joining of 'trusted' and 'link', whether written separately or as one word, thus merely describes the desired quality of a link, in this case reliability.
begæringer om oplysninger af 7. maj 1997, »[bekræftede], at der i den pågældende periode ikke forelå en aftale«.
technical feature of electronic commerce and the second of which indicates the desired quality thereof.
Kommissionen tilføjede, at der under alle omstændigheder ikke var en fællesskabsinteresse, der kunne berettige et nyt indgreb fra Kommissionens side.
It follows that the Board of Appeal rightly confirmed that, under Article 7(l)(b) of Regulation No 40/94, the term TRUSTEDLINK is not capable of being registered as a Communitv trade mark.
Ved dom af 29. juni 1993 (sag T-7/92, Asia Motor France m.fl. mod Kommissionen, herefter »Asia Motor France II-dommen*) annullerede Retten beslutningen af 5. december 1991, for så vidt den vedrørte traktatens artikel 85, under hensyn til for det første, at den første begrundelse for afvisningen hvilede på en faktisk og retlig vildfarelse med hensyn til de forhold, som Kommissionen skulle bedømme, og for det andet, at den anden begrundelse var behæftet med en retlig mangel.
Coupling them together without any graphic or semantic modification does not imbue them with any additional characteristic such as to render the sign, taken as a whole, capable of distinguishing the applicant's goods and services from those of other undertakings. Moreover, the fact that the term TRUSTEDLINK as such does not appear in dictionaries — whether as one word or otherwise — does not in any way alter that finding.
Ved særskilt dokument har Kommissionen den 29. oktober 1998 rejst formalitetsindsigelse.
Consequently, the sign TRUSTEDLINK devoid of anv distinctive character.