CELEX: 62008TN0308
Language: en
Date: 2008-08-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-308/08: Action brought on 5 August 2008 — Parfums Christian Dior v OHIM — Consolidated Artists (MANGO adorably)

11.10.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 260/15
            
         Action brought on 5 August 2008 — Parfums Christian Dior v OHIM — Consolidated Artists (MANGO adorably)
   (Case T-308/08)
   (2008/C 260/28)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Parfums Christian Dior SA (Paris, France) (represented by: E. Cornu, D. Moreau and F. de Visscher, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Consolidated Artists B.V. (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 23 May 2008 in case R 1162/2007-2; and
            
         
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               Order the defendant to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for the Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
   
      Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark ‘MANGO adorably’ for goods in class 3
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant
   
      Mark or sign cited: French trade mark registration No 33 209 849 of the word mark ‘ADIORABLE’ for goods in class 3; French trade mark registration No 94 536 564 of the word mark ‘J'ADORE’ for various goods, amongst which goods in class 3; international trade mark registration No 811 001 of the word mark ‘ADIORABLE’ for various goods, amongst which goods in class 3; international trade mark registration No 687 422 of the word mark ‘J'ADORE’ for various goods, amongst which goods in class 3
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Rejection of the opposition in its entirety
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Council Regulation No 40/94 as the Board of Appeal erred in its finding that there was no likelihood of confusion between the trade marks concerned and that the use of the trade mark applied for would not take unfair advantage of the reputation of earlier trade marks, on the wrong reasoning that under both legal grounds the trade marks concerned are not sufficiently similar.