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    Case T-341/13: Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2014  — Groupe Léa Nature v OHIM — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO’BiO ētic) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark SO’BiO ētic — Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks SO…? — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009)

    IO C 388, 3.11.2014, p. 16–16 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    3.11.2014   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 388/16


    Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2014 — Groupe Léa Nature v OHIM — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO’BiO ētic)

    (Case T-341/13) (1)

    ((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark SO’BiO ētic - Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks SO…? - Relative grounds for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Lack of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))

    2014/C 388/19

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Groupe Léa Nature SA (Périgny, France) (represented by: S. Arnaud, lawyer)

    Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Geroulakos and V. Melgar, Agents)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervener before the General Court: Debonair Trading Internacional Lda (Funchal, Portugal) (represented by: T. Alkin, Barrister)

    Re:

    Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 March 2013 (Case R 203/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Debonair Trading Internacional Lda and Groupe Léa Nature SA.

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 26 March 2013 (Case R 203/2011-1);

    2.

    Orders OHIM and Debonair Trading Internacional Lda each to bear their own costs, and to pay the costs of Groupe Léa Nature SA.


    (1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.


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