ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER
OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
6 March 2007 (*)
(Removal from the Register)
In Case T-273/05,
The Black & Decker Corporation, established in Towson (USA), represented by H. Carr QC and P. Harris, Solicitor,
applicant,
v
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), represented by A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent,
defendant,
the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance, being
Atlas Copco Aktiebolag, established in Stockholm (Sweden), represented by R. Meade, Barrister and M. Gilbert, Solicitor,
ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 May 2005 (Case R 786/2004-1) relating to the opposition proceedings between Atlas Copco Aktiebolag and The Black & Decker Corporation,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER
OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
makes the following
Order
1 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 15 December 2006, the applicant informed the Court of First Instance, in accordance with Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, that it wished to discontinue the proceedings.
2 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 2 February 2007, the defendant indicated to the Court of First Instance that it had no observations with regard to the application for discontinuance and requested that as provided for by Article 87(5) of the aforementioned Rules, its costs be borne by the applicant.
3 By letter received at the Court Registry on 6 February 2007 the intervener requested that in accordance with Article 87(5) of the Rules of Procedure the Court order the applicant to bear the intervener’s costs.
4 Article 87(5), first subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure, provides that the party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings be ordered to bear the costs, if they have been applied for in the observations of the other parties on the discontinuance.
5 It is therefore appropriate to order that the applicant bear the costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER
hereby orders:
1. Case T-273/05 is removed from the register of the Court of First Instance.
2. The applicant shall bear the costs.
Luxembourg, 6 March 2007.