Order of the Court of First Instance of 11 July 2007 - Mülhens v OHIM - Conceria Toska (TOSKA)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark TOSKA - Earlier national word mark TOSCA - Relative grounds for refusal - Well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: T. Schulte-Beckhausen, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Capostagno and O. Montalto, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Conceria Toska Srl (Corsico, Italy) (represented by: G. Cimolino, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 May 2003 (Case R 369/2002-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG and Conceria Toska Srl
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 289, 29.11.2003.