Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 23 October 2008 - TIM and TTV v OHIM - PAST PERFECT
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark PAST PERFECT - Rejection of the application for a declaration of invalidity - Article 7(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 7(2))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: TIM The International Music Company AG and TTV Tonträger-Vertrieb-2000 GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented initially by J. Wendt and G. Kukuk, and subsequently by J. Wendt, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Past Perfect Ltd (Bucknell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) (represented initially by S. Disraeli, and subsequently by K. Tinkler, Solicitors)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 February 2006 (Case R 150/2005-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between TIM The International Music Company AG and TTV Tonträger-Vertrieb-2000 GmbH, on the one hand, and Past Perfect Ltd, on the other.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders TIM The International Music Company AG and TTV Tonträger-Vertrieb-2000 GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 154, 1. 7. 2006.