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Enercon Gmbh v OHIM, T-472/07, General Court (Sixth Chamber), 3
February 2010
The General Court upheld an OHIM decision to refuse the
registration as a Community Trade Mark ("CTM") of the
word 'ENERCON' by Enercon Gmbh ("Enercon"). The
mark was rejected following an opposition by Hasbro Inc
("Hasbro"). Hasbro claimed likelihood of confusion with
its CTM, 'TRANSFORMERS ENERGON,' in connection with
identical products in the same class.
For the full text of the decision, click here
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O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG v OHIM, EU General Court, 10
February 2010
The EU General Court annulled a decision of the OHIM Board of
Appeal which had rejected an application of O2 Germany to register
the word sign 'HOMEZONE' as a Community trade mark for
telecoms related goods and services in class 9, 38 and 42.
