Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2010 - Axis v OHIM - Etra Investigación y Desarrollo (ETRAX)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ETRAX - Earlier national figurative marks containing the word elements ETRA I+D - Relative ground for refusal - Admissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal - Rule 49(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 and Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Axis AB (Lund, Sweden) (represented by: J. Norderyd, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Etra Investigación y Desarrollo, SA (Valencia, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 November 2007 (Case R 334/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Etra Investigación y Desarrollo, SA and Axis AB.
Operative part of the order
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 27 November 2007 (Case R 334/2007-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Etra Investigación y Desarrollo, SA and Axis AB;
2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Axis AB.
____________1 - OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.