Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2011 - Formula One Licensing v OHIM - Global Sports Media (FI-LIVE)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark F1-LIVE - Earlier Community figurative marks, and national and international word marks, F1 and F1 Formula 1 - Opposition rejected by the Board of Appeal - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Formula One Licensing BV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: B. Klingberg and K. Sandberg, lawyers)
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, intervener before the General Court: Global Sports Media Ltd (Hamilton, Bermuda) (represented by: T. de Haan and J.-J. Evrard, and subsequently by T. de Haan, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 October 2008 (Case R 7/2008-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Racing-Live SAS and Formula One Licensing BV.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Formula One Licensing BV to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 55, 7.3.2009.