Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 24 November 2005 - Simonds Farsons Cisk v OHIM
(Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for registration of a Community figurative mark containing the verbal element 'KINJI by SPA' - Earlier Community word mark KINNIE - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94)
Language of the case: English
Parties:
Applicant(s): Simonds Farsons Cisk plc (Mrieħel, Malta) (represented by: M. Bagnall, I. Wood, Solicitor, and R. Hacon, Barrister)
Defendant(s): Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
Other party or parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV (Spa, Belgium) (represented by: L. de Brouwer, E. Cornu, É. De Gryse and D. Moreau, lawyers)
Application for
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 November 2003 (Case R 996/2002-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Simonds Farsons Cisk plc and Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 59, 6.3.2004.