CELEX: 62011TN0581
Language: en
Date: 2011-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-581/11: Action brought on 9 November 2011 — Dimian v OHIM — Bayer Design Fritz Bayer (BABY BAMBOLINA)

28.1.2012   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 25/58
            
         
      Action brought on 9 November 2011 — Dimian v OHIM — Bayer Design Fritz Bayer (BABY BAMBOLINA)
      (Case T-581/11)
      (2012/C 25/112)
      Language in which the application was lodged: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Dimian AG (Nürnberg, Germany) (represented by: P. Pozzi and G. Ghisletti, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Bayer Design Fritz Bayer GmbH & Co. KG (Michelau, Germany)
      
         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 3 August 2011 in case R 1822/2010-2; and
               
            
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                  Order the defendant to bear the costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      
         Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought: The figurative mark ‘BABY BAMBOLINA’, for goods in class 28 — Community trade mark registration No 6403927
      
         Proprietor of the Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
      
         Applicant for the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: The applicant
      
         Grounds for the application for a declaration of invalidity: The party requesting the declaration of invalidity grounded its request pursuant to Article 53(1)(c) in conjunction with Article 8(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, and in Article 53(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) and Article 8(2)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
      
         Decision of the Cancellation Division: Rejected the request for invalidity
      
         Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal
      
         Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) and in conjunction of Council Regulation No 207/2009, to the extent that the Board of Appeal has excluded the relevance of the mentioned catalogues referring to the period 2008-2009.