Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:802
Date: 2014-09-23
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2014 — Groupe Léa Nature v OHIM — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO’BiO ētic) (Case T-341/13) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark SO’BiO ētic — Earlier Community and national word and figurative marks SO…? — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) gents)Other party to the proc eedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervener before the General Court: Debonair Tradi ng Internacional Lda (Funchal, Portugal) (represented by: T. Alkin, Barrister)Re:Action brought against the decision of the First Board o f Appeal of OHIM of 26 March 2013 (Case R 203/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Debonair Trading Internacional Lda and Groupe Léa Nature SA.Operative part of the judgmentThe Co urt: 1. Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 26 March 2013 (Case R 203/2011-1);2. Orders OHIM and Debonair Trading Internacional Lda each to bear their own c osts, and to pay the costs of Groupe Léa Nature SA.