Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 January 2006.#Volkswagen AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Case T-317/03.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 June 2003 (Case R 610/2001-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Nacional Motor, SA and Volkswagen AG

Information relating to the case :

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Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Sets aside paragraph 2 of the operative part of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 17 June 2003 in so far as it dismisses the application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word sign Variant for goods and services other than those in Classes 7, 12 and 37;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

3. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.