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2010/C 51/71
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Applicant: The Carlyle, LLC (St. Louis, United States) (represented by: E. Cornu, E. De Gryse and D. Moreau, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mascha & Regner Consulting KEG (Vienna, Austria)
—Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 8 October 2009 in case R 240/2009-4; and
—Order the defendant to bear the costs.
Registered Community trade mark subject of the request for revocation: The word mark ‘THE CARLYLE’, for goods and services in classes 3, 25 and 42
Proprietor of the Community trade mark: The applicant
Party requesting the revocation of the Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Decision of the Cancellation Division: Partially rejected the request for revocation
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Revoked the Community trade mark concerned
Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) of Council Regulation 207/2009, as the Board of Appeal erroneously employed a too restrictive interpretation of the concept of genuine use. Moreover, the Board of Appeal failed: (i) to take into consideration properly the evidence of use submitted by the applicant before the Cancellation Division; (ii) to assess correctly the scope of the said evidence of use; and (iii) to make an overall assessment thereof.