Traduction de «Annulation d'une marque » (Français → Anglais) :

Appeals brought against the judgments of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 8 May 2012 in Cases T-331/10 and T-461/10 Yoshida Metal Industry v OHIM — Pi-Design and Others, by which that court annulled Decisions R 1235/2008-1 and R 1237/2008-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 20 May 2010 which annulled the decisions of the Cancellation Division rejecting the applications for declarations of invalidity brought by Pi-Design, Bodum France and Bodum Logistics A/S in respect of figurative marks representing a triangular surface with black dots (T-331/10) and a surface with black d ...[+++]ots (T-416/10), for goods in Classes 8 and 21 — Interpretation of Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark — Sign which consists exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result.

The Royal Shakespeare Company obtains the invalidation of the Community trade mark ROYAL SHAKSPEARE which another company had registered in respect of beverages

annul the contested decision in so far as it declares that the goods are similar or that unfair advantage is taken of the distinctive character or repute of goods covered by the marks cited in opposition by goods or related services covered by the mark applied for, which due to their nature (electronic equipment as opposed to mechanical motor vehicles), intended purpose (entertainment, listening to music, traffic news) or use exhibit no relevant points of reference to the goods and may not be regarded as complementary (goods between which there is no connection in the sense t ...[+++]hat goods covered by the mark applied for are essential or important for the use of the marks cited in opposition) and are used entirely independently of each other;

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 25 March 2009 in Case T-191/07 Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) by which that Court dismissed an action brought by the applicant for the word mark “BUDWEISER” for goods in class 32 seeking annulment of Decision R 299/2006-2 of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 March 2007, dismissing the appeal against the decision of the Opposition Division refusing registration of the mark in opposition proceedings br ...[+++]ought by the proprietor of the international figurative and word marks “BUDWEISER” and “Budweiser Budvar” for goods in classes 31 and 32.

In 2003 the Board of Appeal of OHIM cancelled the mark WEISSE SEITEN for IT goods, discs, CD-ROMs, printed matter, reference works and classified directories because ‘weiβe Seiten’ was a customary term signifying telephone directories for private individuals. It also cancelled the mark for stationery, office requisites, publishing services and editing of written texts on the ground that the sign was descriptive and devoid of any distinctive character.

It includes rules on the examination of trade mark applications by the Harmonisation Office and opposition proceedings, on the administration of Community Trade Marks, on appeals against decisions of the Office and on proceedings concerning revocation or invalidity of Community Trade Marks.