CELEX: 62007TA0305
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green — Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of goods and signs — Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)

7.11.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 267/60
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 — Offshore Legends v OHIM — Acteon (OFFSHORE LEGENDS in black and white and OFFSHORE LEGENDS in blue, black and green)
   (Joined Cases T-305/07 and T-306/07) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for two Community figurative marks OFFSHORE LEGENDS, one in black and white, the other in blue, black and green - Earlier national figurative mark OFFSHORE 1 - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of goods and signs - Absence of request for proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 in conjunction with Article 15(2)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) and point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)
   2009/C 267/104
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Offshore Legends (Nevele, Belgium) (represented by: P. Maeyaert and N. Clarembeaux, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Acteon (Saint-Tropez, France) (represented by: M. Milon, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Two actions brought against two decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 May 2007 (Case R 1031/2006-2 and Case R 1038/2006-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Acteon and Offshore Legends
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               dismisses the actions;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               orders Offshore Legends to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.