Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 11 June 2009.

Hedgefund Intelligence Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).

Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark InvestHedge - Earlier Community figurative mark Hedge Invest - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).

Case T-67/08.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
01/08/2009 Hedgefund Intelligence v OHMI - Hedge Invest (InvestHedge)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2009:198
11/06/2009 Hedgefund Intelligence v OHMI - Hedge Invest (InvestHedge)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2009:198
11/06/2009 Hedgefund Intelligence v OHMI - Hedge Invest (InvestHedge)
Application (OJ)
26/04/2008 Hedgefund Intelligence v OHMI - Hedge Invest (InvestHedge)
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Reports of Cases

2009 II-00077*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment, brought by the applicant for the figurative mark ‘InvestHedge’ for goods and services in classes 9, 16, 36 and 41, in respect of Decision R 148/2007 2 of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 28 November 2007 dismissing the appeal against the decision of the Opposition Division partly refusing registration of that mark, in opposition proceedings brought by the proprietor of the figurative mark ‘InvestHedge’ for services in class 36

Systematic classification scheme

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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-33 Community trade mark
    B-33.02 Relative grounds for refusal
      B-33.02.07 Signs examined
        B-33.02.07.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          B-33.02.07.02.02 Figurative marks applied for


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 11/02/2008

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

11/06/2009


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 107 from 26.04.2008, p.30

Judgment: OJ C 180 from 01.08.2009, p.48

Name of the parties

Hedgefund Intelligence v OHMI - Hedge Invest (InvestHedge)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

Huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Martins Ribeiro

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

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