Case T-413/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 February 2009 — Bayern Innovativ v OHIM — Life Sciences Partners Perstock (LifeScience) (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)
Date: 2009-02-11
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), innovation, knowledge management, trade-mark law

21.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 69/37

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 February
2009 — Bayern Innovativ v OHIM — Life Sciences
Partners Perstock (LifeScience)

Order of the Court of First Instance of 17 December 2008
— Fox Racing v OHIM — Lloyd IP (SHIFT)

(Case T-413/07) (1)

(Case T-74/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation 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)

(2009/C 69/85)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bayern Innovativ — Bayerische Gesellschaft für Inno-
vation und Wissenstransfer mbH (Nuremberg, Germany) (repre-
sented by: A. Beschorner, B. Glaser and C. Thomas, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks
Folliard-
Monguiral, acting as Agent)

(represented by: A.

and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First Instance: Life Sciences Partners
Perstock NV (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Re:

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 Innova-
tion und Wissenstransfer mbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

(Community trade mark — No need to adjudicate)

(2009/C 69/86)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Fox Racing, Inc. (Morgan-Hill, United States) (repre-
sented by: P. Brownlow, solicitor)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs)
J. Laporta Insa,
Agent)

(represented by:

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First
Instance: Lloyd IP Limited
(Penrith, United Kingdom) (represented by: R. Elliot, solicitor)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 8 December 2005 (Case R 1180/2004-1)
concerning opposition proceedings between Lloyd IP Limited
and Fox Racing Inc.

Operative part of the order

1. There is no need to adjudicate on the action.

2. The applicant is to pay its own costs and those incurred by the

defendant.

2. Orders Bayern Innovativ — Bayerische Gesellschaft für Innovation

und Wissenstransfer mbH to pay the costs.

3. The intervener is to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 8, 12.1.2008.

(1) OJ C 108, 6.5.2006.