World Cup marks cancelled by OHIM board

In a series of decisions, the Board
of Appeal of the Office for
Harmonization in the Internal
Market has overturned rulings of
the Cancellation Division in
which the latter had refused to
order the cancellation of the
Community trademarks (CTMs)
GERMANY 2006, WORLD CUP
2006, WM 2006, WORLD CUP
GERMANY and WORLD CUP
2006 GERMANY (Cases
R1467/2005-1, R1466/2005-1,
R1468/2005-1, R1469/2005-1 and
R1470/2005-1, June 30 2008)