Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 September 2008 — FVB v OHIM

(Case T-10/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark FVB - Earlier national word mark FVD - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 285/68)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: FVB Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung mbH (Osnabrück, Germany) (represented by: P. Koehler, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: FVD Gesellschaft für Finanzplanung und Vermögensberatung Deutschland mbH, formerly FVD Gesellschaft für Finanzplanung und Vorsorgemanagement Deutschland mbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented: first by J. Mattes and P. Heigl, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 November 2006 (Case R 1343/2005-4), relating to opposition proceedings between FVD Gesellschaft für Finanzplanung und Vorsorgemanagement Deutschland mbH and FVB Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung mbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 56, 10.3.2007.