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Subject-matter

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 February 2011 in Case T-10/09 Formula One Licensing v OHIM by which the General Court dismissed an action for annulment brought by the proprietor of Community and national word and figurative marks ‘F1’, ‘F1 Formula 1’, ‘F1 Racing Simulation’, and ‘F1 Pit Stop Café’, in respect of goods and services in Classes 16, 38, and 41, against Decision R 7/2008-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 16 October 2008, annulling the decision of the Opposition Division refusing the registration of the figurative mark ‘F1-Live’, for goods and services in Classes 16, 38, and 41, in the context of the applicant’s opposition - Interpretation and application of Article 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b), and Article 8(5), of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61L1 : paragraph 55
• Directive 89/104 -A03P1LB : paragraphs 7, 41, 45
• Regulation 40/94 : paragraphs 2, 45
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P1LB : paragraph 41
• Regulation 40/94 -A08P1LB : paragraphs 4, 28, 29, 44, 47, 52, 57
• Regulation 40/94 -A08P2LA : paragraph 5
• Regulation 40/94 -A08P2LAL2 : paragraphs 44, 46
• Regulation 40/94 -A08P5 : paragraphs 6, 29
• Regulation 40/94 -C5 : paragraphs 3, 37, 45
• Directive 2008/95 -A03P1LB : paragraphs 7, 41, 45
• Regulation 207/2009 : paragraph 2
• Regulation 207/2009 -C6 : paragraph 37
• General Court - Judgment T -6/01 : paragraph 38
• General Court - Judgment T -7/04 : paragraph 38
• General Court - Judgment T -10/09 : paragraphs 1 - 58

Operative part

• Annuls : General Court - Judgment T -10/09

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 27/04/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

24/05/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 179 from 18.06.2011, p.13

Judgment: OJ C 200 from 07.07.2012, p.4

Name of the parties

Formula One Licensing v OHIM

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Heim, Sebastian: Koexistenz von Gemeinschaftsmarke und nationaler Marke: Zur Bindungswirkung von Eintragungsentscheidungen, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht PRAX 2012 p.315-317 (DE)
2. Woller, Michael: Verfahren vor dem HABM: Prüfung der Unterscheidungskraft nationaler Marken, Ecolex 2012 p.712 (DE)
3. Kamperman Sanders, Anselm: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2012 p.460 (NL)
4. Jents, Liina: On the role of similar national trade marks during proceedings for registration of a CTM, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.287-291 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Trade marks
  

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Juhász

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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