Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 September 2008 - FVB v OHIM
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark FVB - Earlier national word mark FVD - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: FVB Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung mbH (Osnabrück, Germany) (represented by: P. Koehler, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: FVD Gesellschaft für Finanzplanung und Vermögensberatung Deutschland mbH, formerly FVD Gesellschaft für Finanzplanung und Vorsorgemanagement Deutschland mbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented: first by J. Mattes and P. Heigl, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 November 2006 (Case R 1343/2005-4), relating to opposition proceedings between FVD Gesellschaft für Finanzplanung und Vorsorgemanagement Deutschland mbH and FVB Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung mbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders FVB Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung mbH to pay the costs
____________1 - OJ C 56, 10.03.2007.