CELEX: 62010TA0204
Language: en
Date: 2012-10-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-204/10: Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2012 — Lancôme v OHIM — Focus Magazin Verlag (COLOUR FOCUS) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark COLOR FOCUS — Earlier Community word mark FOCUS — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the marks — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Abuse of right)

24.11.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 366/31
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2012 — Lancôme v OHIM — Focus Magazin Verlag (COLOUR FOCUS)
   (Case T-204/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark COLOR FOCUS - Earlier Community word mark FOCUS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the marks - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Abuse of right)
   2012/C 366/60
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie (Paris, France) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and S. Abel, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented: initially by S. Schäffner, and subsequently by A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Focus Magazin Verlag GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by R. Schweizer and J. Berlinger, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 February 2010 (Case R 238/2009-2), concerning invalidity proceedings between Focus Magazin Verlag GmbH and Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The action is dismissed.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie is ordered to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.