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Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green — Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of goods and signs — Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green — Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of goods and signs — Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green — Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of goods and signs — Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
OJ C 267, 7.11.2009, p. 60–60
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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7.11.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 267/60 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green)
(Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07) (1)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green - Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of goods and signs - Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
2009/C 267/104
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Offshore Legends (Nevele, Belgium) (represented by: P. Maeyaert and N. Clarembeaux, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Acteon (Saint-Tropez, France) (represented by: M. Milon, lawyer)
Re:
Two actions brought against two decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 May 2007 (Case R 1031/2006-2 and Case R 1038/2006-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Acteon and Offshore Legends
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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dismisses the actions; |
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orders Offshore Legends to pay the costs. |