Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2008:215
Date: 2008-06-19
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Concepts: Earlier trade mark which has a reputation
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 June 2008 - Mülhens v OHIM - Spa Monopole (MINERAL SPA) (Case T-93/06) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark MINERAL SPA - Earlier national word mark SPA - Relative ground for refusal - Reputation - Unfair advantage taken of the repute of the earlier mark - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: T. Schulte-Beckhausen and S. Maaßen, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, 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: L. de Brouwer, É. Cornu, E. de Gryse and D. Moreau, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 January 2006 (Case R 825/2004-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV, and Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.