Judgment of the General Court of 30 September 2010 - Granuband v OHIM - Granuflex (GRANUflex)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark GRANUflex - Previous company name and business name GRANUFLEX - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(4) and Article 52(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) and Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Granuband BV (Krommenie, Netherlands) (represented by: M. Ellens, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: W. Verburg, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Granuflex Ipari és Kereskedelmi Kft (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: K. Szamosi, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 September 2008 (Case R 1277/2007-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Granuflex Ipari és Kereskedelmi Kft and Granuband BV.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Granuband BV to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 44 of 21.2. 2009.