Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 June 2008 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Abril Sánchez and Ricote Saugar (BoomerangTV)

(Case T-420/03) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for registration of the Community figurative mark BoomerangTV - Earlier national and Community word and figurative marks BOOMERANG and Boomerang - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention - No damage to reputation - Failure to produce evidence before the Opposition Division of the existence of certain earlier trade marks or translations thereof - Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 8(1)(b) and (2)(c), Article 8(5) and Article 74(2) of Regulation EC No 40/94 - Rule 16(2) and (3), Rule 17(2) and Rule 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)

(2008/C 197/32)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: El Corte Inglés SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J. Rivas Zurdo and E. López Leiva, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: I. de Medrano Caballero, Agent)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: José Matías Abril Sánchez and Pedro Ricote Saugar (Madrid) (represented by: J.M. Iglesias Monravá, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 October 2003 (Case R 88/2003-2), relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés SA, and J.M. Abril Sánchez and P. Ricote Saugar.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 47, 21.2.2004.