Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 December 2007 - Xentral v OHIM - Pages jaunes (PAGESJAUNES.COM)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark PAGESJAUNES.COM - Earlier national figurative mark LES PAGES JAUNES - Domain name 'pagesjaunes.com' - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Xentral LLC (Florida, United States) (represented by: A. Bertrand, lawyer)
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: Pages jaunes SA (Sèvres, France) (represented by: C. Bertheux Scotte, B. Potot and B. Corne, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 February 2006 (Case R 708/2005-1) in respect of opposition proceedings between Pages Jaunes SA and Xentral LLC.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Xentral LLC to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 165, 15.7.2006.