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Document 62005TJ0088

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 8 February 2007.
Quelle AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the figurative Community trade mark NARS - Earlier figurative national marks including the word element MARS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Absence of similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
Case T-88/05.

Izvješća Suda EU-a 2007 II-00008*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2007:45





Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 8 February 2007 – Quelle v OHIM – Nars Cosmetics (NARS)

(Case T-88/05)

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the figurative Community trade mark NARS – Earlier figurative national marks including the word element MARS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Absence of similarity between the signs – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 69-71)

Re:

ACTION for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 December 2004 (Case R 379/2004-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Quelle AG and Nars Cosmetics, Inc.

Information relating to the case

Applicant for the Community trade mark:

Nars Cosmetics, Inc.

Community trade mark sought:

Figurative mark ‘NARS’ for goods in Classes 3, 18 and 25 – Application No 1333657

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:

Quelle AG

Mark or sign cited in opposition:

National figurative mark ‘MARS’ for goods in Class 25

Decision of the Opposition Division:

Opposition dismissed

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Appeal dismissed


Operative part

The Court:

 

Dismisses the action;

 

Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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