Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 23 September 2009 - Cohausz v OHIM - Izquierdo Faces (acopat)
(Case T-409/07)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark acopat - Earlier national word marks COPAT - Relative ground for refusal - No genuine use of the earlier marks - Article 56(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Helge B. Cohausz (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented initially by: I. Friedhoff, lawyer, and subsequently by S. von Petersdorff-Campen and H. Timmann, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance: José Izquierdo Faces (Bilbao, Spain) (represented by: H. Bock, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 September 2007 (Case R 289/2006-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Helge B. Cohausz and José Izquierdo Faces.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action.
Orders Mr Helge B. Cohausz to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 8, 12.1.2008.