Reports of Cases

2006 I-02717

Subject-matter

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 3 March 2004 in Case T-355/02 Mühlens v OHIM, by which it dismissed an action for annulment of the rejection of the opposition by the proprietor of an earlier work to the registration of a trade mark – Similarity of the marks – Art. 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 225 -P1L2 : paragraphs 28, 41
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A58L1 : paragraphs 28, 41
• Directive 89/104 : paragraphs 18, 19, 21
• Directive 89/104 -A04P1LB : paragraph 4
• Regulation 40/94 -A08P1LB : paragraphs 2, 4, 21, 30, 36, 43
• Regulation 40/94 -A08P2 : paragraph 3
• Regulation 40/94 -C7 : paragraph 17
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -251/95 : paragraphs 18, 19
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -342/97 : paragraphs 19, 21, 22
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -425/98 : paragraph 18
• General Court - Judgment T -355/02 : paragraphs 1 - 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -37/03 : paragraphs 28, 41
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -361/04 : paragraph 35

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -355/02

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 10 : point 71
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 225 : point 47
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 234 : points 72, 74, 76, 77
  
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 234 -P2 : point 76
  
• Treaty of Nice 2001 - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice -A58 : points 34, 47
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A08P1LB : points 2 - 80
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A09P1 : point 64
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A09P2 : point 64
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A10 : point 64
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A14P1 : point 61
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A92LA : point 62
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A93 : point 63
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A93P1 : point 66
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A93P2 : point 66
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A93P3 : point 66
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A93P4 : point 66
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A94 : point 63
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A97P3 : point 63
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A98P2 : point 65
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A99 : point 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/61 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -107/76 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/85 : point 72
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/92 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -91/92 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/92 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -251/95 : point 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -342/97 : points 42 - 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -238/99 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -104/00 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -312/00 : point 47
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -224/01 : point 77
  
• General Court - Judgment T -355/02 : points 1 - 80
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -416/03 : point 72
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

• 10/11/2005

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

23/03/2006

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 179 from 10.07.2004, p.6

Judgment: OJ C 131 from 03.06.2006, p.13

Name of the parties

Mülhens v OHIM

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Schenk, Maximilian: Verwechslungsgefahr zwischen Gemeinschaftsmarken: Zur "Neutralisierungslehre" des EuG und EuGH, European Law Reporter 2006 p.300-307 (DE)
2. Kosmopoulos, M.: Epitheorisis tou Emporikou Dikaiou 2007 p.165-166 (EL)
3. Schmidt-Szalewski, Joanna: Propriétés intellectuelles, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2007 p.516-517 (FR)
4. Knaak, Roland: Internationale Zuständigkeiten und Möglichkeiten des forum shopping in Gemeinschaftsmarkensachen - Auswirkungen der EuGH-Urteile Roche Niederlande und GAT/LUK auf das Gemeinschaftsmarkenrecht, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, internationaler Teil 2007 p.386-394 (DE)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Trade marks
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  

Formation of the Court

Première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Spanish