Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 May 2007 - Black & Decker v OHIM - Atlas Copco (Three-dimensional representations of two yellow and black electric power tools)

(Joined Cases T-239/05, T-240/05, T-245/05 to T-247/05, T-255/05, T-274/05 to T-280/05) ¹

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Opposition period - Transmission by telecopier - Admissibility - Clear indentification of the earlier trade mark - Rule 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Black & Decker (Towson, Maryland, United States) (represented by: H. Carr QC and P. Harris Solicitor)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Atlas Copco AB (Stockholm, Sweden) (represented by: R. Meade, Barrister, and M. Gilbert, Solicitor)

Re:

Thirteen actions brought against the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 April 2005 (R 727/2004-1, R 729/2004-1, R 723/2004-1, R 730/2004-1 and R 724/2004-1), of 27 April 2005 (R 722/2004-1) and of 3 May 2005 (R 788/2004-1, R 789/2004-1, R 790/2004-1, R 791/2004-1, R 792/2004-1, R 793/2004-1 and R 794/2004-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Atlas Copco AB and The Black & Decker Corporation.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the actions;

Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 205, 20.8.2005.