CELEX: 62007TJ0413
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

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
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Bayern Innovativ – Bayerische Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH
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
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in support of the opposition proceedings:
Life Sciences Partners Perstock NV
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
Decision of the Opposition Division:
Opposition upheld.
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Bayern Innovativ – Bayerische Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH to pay the costs.