Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 December 2008

Les Éditions Albert René SARL v European Union Intellectual Property Office

Case C-16/06 P



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
21/02/2009 Éditions Albert René v OHIM
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2008:739
18/12/2008 Éditions Albert René v OHIM
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2008:739
18/12/2008 Éditions Albert René v OHIM
Application (OJ)
17/06/2006 Éditions Albert René v OHIM
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2007:728
29/11/2007 Éditions Albert René v OHIM
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Reports of Cases

2008 I-10053

Subject-matter

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 27 October 2005 in Case T-336/03 Editions Albert René v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) by which the Court dismissed an action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the Community and national word mark "OBELIX" in respect of certain goods and services classed inter alia in Classes 9, 16, 28, 35, 41 and 42 against Decision R 559/2002-4 of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 July 2003 rejecting in part the application brought against the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the opposition proceeding brought against the application to register the word mark MOBILIX in respect of certain goods and services classed in Classes 9, 16, 35, 37, 38 and 42

Systematic classification scheme

1.
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-33 Community trade mark
    B-33.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
      B-33.04.03 Appeals
        B-33.04.03.02 Actions before the Community Courts
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-33 Community trade mark
    B-33.02 Relative grounds for refusal
      B-33.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
        B-33.02.02.00 General
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-19 Legal proceedings
    B-19.10 Appeals
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-33 Community trade mark
    B-33.02 Relative grounds for refusal
      B-33.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
        B-33.02.02.03 Similarity between marks
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-33 Community trade mark
    B-33.02 Relative grounds for refusal
      B-33.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
        B-33.02.02.00 General
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-19 Legal proceedings
    B-19.10 Appeals
B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-33 Community trade mark
    B-33.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
      B-33.04.03 Appeals
        B-33.04.03.02 Actions before the Community Courts


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 12/01/2006

Date of the Opinion

  • 29/11/2007

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/12/2008


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 143 from 17.06.2006, p.21

Judgment: OJ C 44 from 21.02.2009, p.2

Name of the parties

Éditions Albert René v OHIM

Notes on Academic Writings

Information not available



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment
  • Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  • Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Levits

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French