Action brought on 11 December 2007 - Dylog Italia/OHIM - GSI Office Management (IP Manager)
(Case T-453/07)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Dylog Italia SpA (Turin, Italy) (represented by: A. Ruo, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: GSI Office Management GmbH (Planegg, Germany)
Form of order sought
Annulment of the decision of 27 September 2007, of the First Board of Appeal R982/2005-4, in so far as the Board established that there was no likelihood of confusion in respect of all the services for which registration is sought in classes 35, 38 and the services in class 42 which were found similar to the goods covered by the earlier Italian mark; and subsidiarily
annulment of the contested decision in so far as the Board established that there was no likelihood of confusion in respect of all the services in class 38 and the services in class 42 which were found similar to the goods covered by the earlier Italian mark ;
the Office for the Harmonisation in the Internal market (OHIM) be ordered to pay the applicant's costs in accordance with Article 87(2) of the rules of procedure of the Court of First Instance.
Pleas in law and main arguments
Applicant for the Community trade mark: GSI Office Management GmbH
Community trade mark concerned: The Community word mark "IP MANAGER" for services in classes 35, 36, 38, 41 and 42 - application No 2 177 277
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant
Mark or sign cited: The earlier national and international word marks "MANAGER" for goods in classes 9, 16, 35, 37, 39, 41 and 42 and the national word mark "HOTEL MANAGER" for goods and services in classes 9 and 42
Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejected the opposition in its entirety
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal
Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
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