Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 2009 - Royal Appliance International v OHIM - BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte (Centrixx)
(Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for Community word mark Centrixx - Earlier national word mark sensixx - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Royal Appliance International GmbH (Hilden, Germany) (represented by: K.-J. Michaeli and M. Schork, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner and B. Schmidt, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: S. Biagosch, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007 (Case R 572/2006-4) concerning opposition proceedings between BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH and Royal Appliance International GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Royal Appliance International GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 37, 9.2.2008.