Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 November 2008 - Weiler v OHIM - IQNet Association - The International Certification Network (Q2WEB)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark Q2WEB - Earlier Community word mark QWEB and earlier Community figurative mark QWEB Certified Site - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Dieter Weiler (Pulheim, Germany) (represented by: T. Dolde, V. von Bomhard and A. Renck, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: R. Pethke, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: IQNet Association - The International Certification Network (Berne, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Masetti Zannini de Concina, M. Bucarelli and P. Bodenham, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 March 2007 (Case R 893/2005-1) concerning invalidity proceedings between CISQ Federazione Certificazione Italiana Sistemi di Qualità Aziendali, then IQNet Association - The International Certification Network, and Mr Weiler
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mr Dieter Weiler to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 211, 8.9.2007.