Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 18.11.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 281/31 |

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 September 2006 — L & D v OHIM — Sämann (Aire Limpio)

(Case T-168/04)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2006281EN.01003101-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Earlier figurative marks representing a fir tree including, in certain cases, verbal elements - Application for figurative mark containing the verbal element ‘Aire Limpio’ - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 73 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2006/C 281/52)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: L & D, SA (Huercal de Almeria, Spain) (represented by: initially, M. Knospe, and, subsequently, S. Miralles Miravet and A. Castedo Garcia, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. García Murillo, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the Court of First Instance: Julius Sämann Ltd (Zug, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Castán Pérez Gómez and E. Armijo Chávarri, lawyers)

Re:

Application for partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 March 2004 (Case R 326/2003-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Julius Sämann Ltd and L & D, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders the applicant to pay the costs. |

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