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Case T-453/11: Judgment of the General Court of 21 October 2014 — Szajner v OHIM — Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark LAGUIOLE — Earlier French company name Forge de Laguiole — Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Case T-453/11: Judgment of the General Court of 21 October 2014 — Szajner v OHIM — Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark LAGUIOLE — Earlier French company name Forge de Laguiole — Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Case T-453/11: Judgment of the General Court of 21 October 2014 — Szajner v OHIM — Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark LAGUIOLE — Earlier French company name Forge de Laguiole — Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
OJ C 431, 1.12.2014, p. 18–18
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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1.12.2014 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 431/18 |
Judgment of the General Court of 21 October 2014 — Szajner v OHIM — Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE)
(Case T-453/11) (1)
((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark LAGUIOLE - Earlier French company name Forge de Laguiole - Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2014/C 431/31)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Gilbert Szajner (Niort, France) (represented by: A. Lakits-Josse, lawyer)
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, intervener before the General Court: Forge de Laguiole SARL (Laguiole, France) (represented by: F. Fajgenbaum, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 June 2011 (Case R 181/2007-1) concerning invalidity proceedings between Forge de Laguiole SARL and Mr Gilbert Szajner.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 1 June 2011 (Case R 181/2007-1) in so far as it declares the Community word mark LAGUIOLE invalid in respect of goods other than ‘hand tools and implements (hand operated); spoons; saws, razors, razor blades; shaving cases; nail files and nail nippers, nail-clippers; manicure sets’ in Class 8, ‘paper-cutters’ in Class 16, ‘corkscrews; bottle-openers’ and ‘shaving brushes, fitted vanity cases’ in Class 21 and ‘cigar cutters’ and ‘pipe cleaners’ in Class 34; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders Forge de Laguiole SARL to bear one quarter of the costs incurred by the applicant and three-quarters of its own costs; |
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Orders Mr Gilbert Szajner to bear one quarter of the costs incurred by Forge de Laguiole, one quarter of the costs incurred by OHIM and three-quarters of his own costs; |
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Orders OHIM to bear three-quarters of its own costs. |