Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2011 - centrotherm Clean Solutions v OHIM - Centrotherm Systemtechnik (CENTROTHERM)
(Community trade mark - Revocation proceedings - Community word mark CENTROTHERM - Genuine use of the mark - Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: centrotherm Clean Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (Blaubeuren, Germany) (represented by: O. Löffel, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider and R. Manea, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Centrotherm Systemtechnik GmbH (Brilon, Germany) (represented by: J. Albrecht and U. Vormbrock, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 August 2009 (Case R 6/2008-4) relating to revocation proceedings between centrotherm Clean Solutions GmbH & Co. KG and Centrotherm Systemtechnik GmbH
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 25 August 2009 (Case R 6/2008-4) in so far as it annuls the decision of the Cancellation Division of 30 October 2007 in part;
2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by centrotherm Clean Solutions GmbH & Co. KG;
3. Orders Centrotherm Systemtechnik GmbH to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 312, 19.12.2009.