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17.11.2014 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 409/36 |
Judgment of the General Court of 8 October 2014 — Laboratoires Polive v OHIM — Arbora & Ausonia (DODIE)
(Case T-77/13) (1)
((Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark DODIE - Earlier national word mark DODOT - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Power to alter decisions))
2014/C 409/51
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Laboratoires Polive (Levallois-Perret, France) (represented by: A. Sion, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Arbora & Ausonia, SLU (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: R. Guerras Mazón, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 October 2012 (Case R 1949/2011-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Arbora & Ausonia, SLU and Laboratoires Polive.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 31 October 2012 (Case R 1949/2011-2); |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Laboratoires Polive; |
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Orders Arbora & Ausonia, SLU to bear its own costs. |