Community trade mark Opposition proceedings Relative ground for refusal Likelihood of confusion Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 Application for the figurative Community trade mark LifeScience Earlier Community trade mark Life Sciences Partners
Sumário
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 11 February 2009.
Bayern Innovativ - Bayerische Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH 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 LifeScience - Earlier Community trade mark Life Sciences Partners - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
Case T-413/07.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 11 February 2009 – Bayern Innovativ v OHIM – Life Sciences Partners Perstock (LifeScience)
(Case T-413/07)
Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings − Application for the figurative Community trade mark LifeScience − Earlier Community trade mark Life Sciences Partners − Relative ground for refusal − Likelihood of confusion − 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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 29, 58)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 2 August 2007 (Case R 1545/2006‑1), relating to opposition proceedings between Life Sciences Partners Perstock NV and Bayern Innovativ – Bayerische Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH. |
Information relating to the case
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Applicant for the Community trade mark: |
Bayern Innovativ – Bayerische Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH |
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Community trade mark sought: |
Figurative mark compromising a representation in colour of a DNA spiral, an oval, a grill and, in the lower part, the word elements LifeScience, designating goods and services in Classes 16, 35, 36, 41 and 42 – Application No 3585957 |
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Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in support of the opposition proceedings: |
Life Sciences Partners Perstock NV |
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Mark or sign cited in opposition: |
Community figurative mark comprising a representation of a naked woman surrounded by a DNA spiral and containing the word elements Life Sciences Partners, for services in Classes 35 and 36 – Application No 2136026 |
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Decision of the Opposition Division: |
Opposition upheld. |
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Decision of the Board of Appeal: |
Appeal dismissed |
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Bayern Innovativ – Bayerische Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH to pay the costs. |