Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 11 June 2009.

Last Minute Network Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).

Community trade mark - Cancellation proceedings - Community figurative mark LAST MINUTE TOUR - Earlier unregistered national mark LASTMINUTE.COM - Relative ground for refusal - Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark - Action for passing off - Article 8(4) and Article 52(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).

Joined cases T-114/07 and T-115/07.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
01/08/2009 Last Minute Network v OHMI - Last Minute Tour (LAST MINUTE TOUR)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2009:196
11/06/2009 Last Minute Network v OHMI - Last Minute Tour (LAST MINUTE TOUR)
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2009:196
11/06/2009 Last Minute Network v OHMI - Last Minute Tour (LAST MINUTE TOUR)
Application (OJ)
09/06/2007 Last Minute Network v OHMI - Last Minute Tour (LAST MINUTE TOUR)
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2009 II-01919

Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the unregistered national word mark "LASTMINUTE.COM" for services in classes 39 and 42 against decision R 256/2006 2 of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 8 February 2007 quashing the decision of the Cancellation Division declaring the figurative mark "LAST MINUTE TOUR" for goods and services in classes 16, 39 and 42 to be partially void and dismissing the application lodged by the applicant for a declaration of invalidity

Systematic classification scheme

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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-33 Community trade mark
    B-33.02 Relative grounds for refusal
      B-33.02.04 Earlier non-registered mark or other earlier sign used in the course of trade


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/04/2007

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

11/06/2009


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Applications: OJ C 129 from 09.06.2007, p.22

Judgment: OJ C 180 from 01.08.2009, p.45

Name of the parties

Last Minute Network v OHMI - Last Minute Tour (LAST MINUTE TOUR)

Notes on Academic Writings

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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 : application granted
  • Actions for annulment : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

septième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Truchot

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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