Judgment of the General Court of 21 January 2010 - Goncharov v OHIM - DSB (DSBW)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark DSBW - Earlier Community word mark DSB - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Karen Goncharov (Moscow, Russia) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt and A. Späth, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially A. Poch and subsequently B. Schmidt, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: DSB (Copenhagen, Denmark) (represented by: F. González Diáz and T. Graf, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 December 2006 (Case R 1330/2005-2), relating to opposition proceedings between DSB and Mr K. Goncharov
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mr Karen Goncharov to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 82, 14.4.2007.