Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 January 2008 - Hoya v OHIM - Indo (AMPLITUDE)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark AMPLITUDE - Earlier national figurative mark AMPLY - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Hoya Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: A. Nordemann, C.-R. Haarmann, F. Schwab and M. Nentwig, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and G. Schneider, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: Indo Internacional SA (Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: M. Currel Aguilà, lawyer)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 November 2004 (Case R 433/2004-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Indo Internacional SA and Hoya Kabushiki Kaisha
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Hoya Kabushiki Kaisha to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 106, 30.4.2005.