JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 16 March 2005

in Case T-112/03 L'Oréal SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for word mark FLEXI AIR - Earlier word mark FLEX - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Request for proof of genuine use - Article 8(1)(b), Article 8(2)(a)(ii) and Article 43(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2005/C 132/45)

Language of the case: English

In Case T-112/03: L'Oréal SA, established in Paris (France), represented X. Buffet Delmas d'Autane, lawyer, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: B. Filtenborg, S. Laitinen and G. Schneider), the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM having been Revlon (Suisse) SA, established in Schlieren (Switzerland) — action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 January 2003 (Case R 396/2001-4) relating to opposition proceedings between L'Oréal SA and Revlon (Suisse) SA — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij and I. Pelikánová, Judges; B. Pastor, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 16 March 2005, in which it:

(1)  OJ C 135 of 7.6.2003.