CELEX: 62010TA0077
Language: en
Date: 2012-02-29 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-77/10 and T-78/10: Judgment of the General Court of 29 February 2012 — Certmedica International GmbH v OHIM — Lehning entreprise (L112) and Lehning entreprise v OHIM — Certmedica International (L112) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark L112 — Earlier French word mark L.114 — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Declaration of partial invalidity)

14.4.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 109/10
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 29 February 2012 — Certmedica International GmbH v OHIM — Lehning entreprise (L112) and Lehning entreprise v OHIM — Certmedica International (L112)
   (Joined Cases T-77/10 and T-78/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark L112 - Earlier French word mark L.114 - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - No genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Declaration of partial invalidity)
   2012/C 109/21
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Certmedica International GmbH (Aschaffenburg, Germany) (represented by: P. Pfortner, lawyer) (Case T-77/10); and Lehning entreprise (Sainte-Barbe, France) (represented by P. Demoly, lawyer) (Case T-78/10)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, interveners before the General Court: Lehning entreprise (Case T-77/10) and Certmedica International GmbH (Case T-78/10)
   
      Re:
   
   Action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 December 2009 (Case R 934/2009-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Lehning entreprise and Certmedica International GmbH
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The General Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               In Case T-77/10:
               
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                           annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 9 December 2009 (Case R 934/2009-2) in so far as it declares the registration of the mark L112 to be invalid in respect of ‘veterinary preparations’;
                        
                     
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                           dismisses the action as to the remainder;
                        
                     
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                           orders Certmedica International GmbH and OHIM to bear their own costs;
                        
                     
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                           orders Lehning entreprise to pay the costs incurred in connection with its intervention.
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               In Case T-78/10:
               
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                           dismisses the action;
                        
                     
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                           orders Lehning entreprise to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OHIM;
                        
                     
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                           orders Certmedica International to pay the costs incurred in connection with its intervention.
                        
                     
         
      (1)  OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.