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**Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 18 June 2009 – LIBRO v OHIM – Causley (LiBRO)**

**(Case T-418/07)**

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark LiBRO – Earlier Community figurative mark LIBERO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – Partial refusal of registration – Application for annulment brought by the intervener – Article 134(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance – Signature of the pleading setting out grounds of appeal before the Board of Appeal – Admissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal

1.                     *Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community 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 (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 49-50, 59, 70-73)*

2.                     *Community trade mark – Procedure before OHIM bodies – Transmission of communications to OHIM – Transmission by fax – Illegible
signature (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 80(3) (see para. 30)*

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 September 2007 (Case R 1454/2005-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Dagmar Causley and LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH. |

**Information relating to the case**

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| Applicant for the Community trade mark: | LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH |
| Community trade mark sought: | Word and figurative mark LiBRO for goods and services in classes 2, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 35, 38, 41 and 42 – Application No 2616753 |
| Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: | Dagmar Causley |
| Mark or sign cited in opposition: | Figurative mark LIBERO for goods and services in classes 9, 38 and 42 – Community trade mark No 401141 |
| Decision of the Opposition Division: | Partial dismissal of the application |
| Decision of the Board of Appeal: | Partial annulment of the decision of the Opposition Division |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. |  | Dismisses the application of Dagmar Causley; |

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| 3. |  | Orders LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH to pay the costs, save for those of Dagmar Causley; |

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| 4. |  | Orders Dagmar Causley to bear her own costs. |

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