Notice for the OJ
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
23 October 2002
in Case T-6/01: Matratzen Concord GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)(1) (Community trade mark ( Opposition ( Relative grounds for refusal ( Similarity between two trade marks ( Likelihood of confusion ( Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 ( Application for a figurative
Community trade mark containing the word 'Matratzen' ( Earlier word trade mark MATRATZEN)
(Language of the case: German)
In Case T-6/01, Matratzen Concord GmbH, formerly Matratzen Concord AG, established in Cologne (Germany), represented by W.-W. Wodrich, avocat, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl, G. Schneider and E. Joly): Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 31 October 2000 (Joined Cases R 728/1999-2 and R 792/1999-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Hukla Germany SA and Matratzen Concord GmbH, the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: M. Vilaras, President, V. Tiili and P. Mengozzi, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 23 October 2002, in which it:
1.Dismisses the application;
2.Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 108 of 7.4.2001