CELEX: 62006TA0093
Language: en
Date: 2008-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-93/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 June 2008 — Mülhens v OHIM — Spa Monopole (MINERAL SPA) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark MINERAL SPA — Earlier national word mark SPA — Relative ground for refusal — Reputation — Unfair advantage taken of the repute of the earlier mark — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

2.8.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 197/20
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 June 2008 — Mülhens v OHIM — Spa Monopole (MINERAL SPA)
   (Case T-93/06) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark MINERAL SPA - Earlier national word mark SPA - Relative ground for refusal - Reputation - Unfair advantage taken of the repute of the earlier mark - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   (2008/C 197/34)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: T. Schulte-Beckhausen and S. Maaßen, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV (Spa, Belgium) (represented by: L. de Brouwer, É. Cornu, E. de Gryse and D. Moreau, lawyers)
   Re:
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 January 2006 (Case R 825/2004-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV, and Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 131, 3.6.2006.