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Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark Cheapflights with a black aeroplane – Earlier international figurative mark CheapFlights – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Similarity of the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Similarity of the marks concerned – Criteria for assessment – Complex mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 35-36)
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 August 2009 (Case R 1607/2007-4), relating to opposition proceedings between CheapFlights International Ltd and Cheapflights Ltd.
Cheapflights Ltd
Figurative mark Cheapflights with a black aeroplane for services in Classes 38, 39 and 41 to 44
Irish trade mark registration of the figurative sign in colour CheapFlights for services in Classes 35, 36, 38, 39 and 41 to 44; Irish trade mark application for the word mark CHEAPFLIGHTS for services in Classes 35, 39 and 43; Irish trade mark registration of the word mark CHEAPFLIGHTS for services in Classes 38, 41, 42 and 44; Irish trade mark registration of the figurative sign CheapFlights.ie for services in Classes 35, 39, 41 to 43; International trade mark registration of the figurative sign CheapFlights for services in Classes 35, 38, 39 and 42
Opposition upheld in its entirety
Contested decision annulled; opposition dismissed in its entirety
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 31 August 2009 (Case R 1607/2007-4);
2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.Orders OHIM and Cheapflights Ltd to pay the costs including those incurred by CheapFlights International Ltd in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.