19.3.2011
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 89/25
Action brought on 28 January 2011 — Run2Day Franchise v OHIM — Runners Point (Run2)
(Case T-64/11)
2011/C 89/49
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Run2Day Franchise BV (Utrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: H.J. Koenraad, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Runners Point Warenhandels GmbH (Recklinghausen, Germany)
Form of order sought
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Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 11 November 2010 in case R 349/2010-1;
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Order the defendant, and if applicable the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, to bear the costs of the proceedings;
Pleas in law and main arguments
Applicant for a Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark ‘Run2’, for goods and services in classes 18, 25 and 35 — Community trade mark application No 6517502
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant
Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community trade mark registration No 3800448 of the word mark ‘RUN2DAY’, for goods and services in classes 25, 28 and 35; Community trade mark registration No 3832458 of the figurative mark in colours ‘RUN2DAY’, for goods and services in classes 25, 28 and 35; Benelux trade mark registration No 811897 of the figurative mark in colours ‘RUN2DAY’, for goods and services in class 25
Decision of the Opposition Division: Upheld the opposition
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulled the decision of the Opposition Division and rejected the opposition
Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 207/2009, as the Board of Appeal wrongly assessed that there was no likelihood of confusion.
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