Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2007:299
Date: 2007-09-27
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Concepts: Word marks applied for
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 September 2007 - La Mer Technology v OHIM - Laboratoires Goëmar (LA MER) (Case T-418/03) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark LA MER - Earlier national word mark LABORATOIRE DE LA MER - Relative ground of refusal - Genuine use of the mark - Article 43(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: La Mer Technology, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: initially, V. von Bomhard, A. Renck and A. Pohlmann, and subsequently, V. von Bomhard and A. Renck, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: Laboratoires Goëmar (Saint-Malo, France) (represented by: E. Baud and S. Strittmatter, lawyers) Re: Action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 October 2003 (Case R 814/2000-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratoires Goëmar and La Mer Technology, Inc. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; 2. Orders La Mer Technology, Inc., to pay its own costs and those of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and Laboratoires Goëmar. ____________ 1 - OJ C 47, 21.02.2004.