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Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 18 October 2016 —

Laboratoire de la mer v EUIPO — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma (RESPIMER)

(Case T‑109/16)

‛EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark RESPIMER — Earlier EU word mark RESPIMAT — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law’

| 1. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Assessment of the registrability of a sign — EU rules only taken into account — Decisions of national authorities not binding EU bodies (Council Regulation No 207/2009) (see para. 19) |

| 2. | EU trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Word marks RESPIMER and RESPIMAT (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 24, 26, 27, 37-41, 46, 47) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Pleas in law not set out in the application — General reference to other documents — Inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see para. 28) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 January 2016 (Case R 3109/2014-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma and Laboratoire de la mer.

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | Laboratoire de la mer is ordered to pay the costs. |

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