Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:807
Date: 2014-09-24
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth 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 24 September 2014 — Sanofi v OHIM — GP Pharm (GEPRAL) (Case T-493/12) 1 (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark GEPRAL — Earlier international word mark DELPRAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Sanofi SA (Paris, France) (represented by: C. Hertz-Eichenrode, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: GP Pharm SA (Sant Quinti de Mediona, Spain) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 September 2012 (Case R 201/2012-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Sanofi SA and GP Pharm SA. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Annuls the Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 5 September 2012 (Case R 201/2012-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Sanofi SA and GP Pharm SA; 2. Orders OHIM to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.