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(2008/C 64/34)
Language of the case: German
Appellant: AMS Advanced Medical Services GmbH (represented by: S. Schäffler, Rechtsanwältin)
Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), American Medical Systems, Inc.
—Set aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of 18 October 2007.
—Order the defendant and defendant on appeal to pay the costs incurred both at first instance and on appeal.
The appeal is based on an infringement of Community law by the Court of First Instance. It was not until the proceedings before the Board of Appeal that the Court of First Instance refused to uphold the appellant's request for the opponent to prove the use of its mark. The Court of First Instance thereby misconceived the principle of continuity in terms of functions between OHIM departments and infringed Article 43(2) and (3) and Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94.
Pursuant to the principle of continuity in terms of functions between OHIM departments the Board of Appeal should have based its decision on all of the claims made by the appellant both in the proceedings before the Opposition Division and those before the Board of Appeal.
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