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Document 62007TA0109

Case T-109/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 March 2009 — L’Oréal v OHIM — Spa Monopole (SPA THERAPY) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark SPA THERAPY — Earlier national word mark SPA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

SL C 113, 16.5.2009, p. 33–34 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

16.5.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 113/33


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 March 2009 — L’Oréal v OHIM — Spa Monopole (SPA THERAPY)

(Case T-109/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark SPA THERAPY - Earlier national word mark SPA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

2009/C 113/68

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: L’Oréal SA (Paris, France) (represented by: E. Baud, 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, intervening before the Court of First Instance: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV (Spa, Belgium) (represented by: E. Cornu, L. De Brouwer and D. Moreau, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 January 2007 (Case R 468/2005-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV and L’Oréal SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders L’Oréal SA to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 140, 23.6.2007.


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