ECJ Appeal – Community trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Article 74(2) – Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 – First and third subparagraphs of Rule 50(1) – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier trade mark – Existence of the mark – Evidence submitted in support of the opposition after the expiry of the … Continue reading Bernhard Rintisch v Office For Harmonisation In The Internal Market, Valfleuri Pates Alimentaires Sa: ECJ 3 Oct 2013

ECFI Community trade mark Opposition proceedings – Application for registration of the Community figurative mark BoomerangTV – Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks BOOMERANG and Boomerang Relative grounds for refusal – No likelihood of confusion – No well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention – No damage … Continue reading El Corte Ingles v OHMI- Abril Sanchez and Ricote Saugar (Boomerang): ECFI 17 Jun 2008

ECFI Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for registration of the Community figurative mark OUTBURST – Earlier national word mark OUTBURST – Genuine use of the earlier trade mark – Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – Production of evidence … Continue reading Rehbein v OHMI – Dias Martinho (Outburst): ECFI 28 Mar 2012

ECFI Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark PROTIVITAL – Earlier national word and figurative marks PROTIPLUS, PROTI and PROTIPOWER – Late submission of documents – Discretion granted by Article 74(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 76(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – Concept of a provision to … Continue reading Rintisch v OHMI – Valfleuri Pates Alimentaires (Protivital): ECFI 16 Dec 2011

ECJ Community trade mark – ‘Opposition proceedings’ – Application for the Community word mark ARCOL – ‘ Earlier Community word mark CAPOL Implementation by OHIM of a judgment annulling a decision of one of its Boards of Appeal Relative ground for refusal No likelihood of confusion Rights of the defence Article 8(1)(b), Article 61(2), Article … Continue reading Kaul v OHMI- Bayer (Arcol): ECFI 25 Mar 2009

ECFI Community trade mark Opposition proceedings Application for Community word mark BUDWEISER Earlier international word and figurative marks BUDWEISER and Budweiser Budvar Relative grounds for refusal Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 Genuine use of the earlier trade mark Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 Infringement of rights of defence … Continue reading Anheuser-Busch v OHMI- Budejovicky Budvar (Budweiser): ECFI 25 Mar 2009

rintisch_ohmiECFI2012 ECFI Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community word mark PROTIACTIVE – Earlier national word and figurative marks PROTIPLUS, PROTI and PROTIPOWER – Late submission of documents – Discretion granted by Article 74(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 76(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – Concept of a provision … Continue reading Rintisch v OHMI – Valfleuri Pates Alimentaires (Protiactive): ECFI 16 Dec 2011