CELEX: 62007TJ0418
Language: en
Date: 2009-06-18
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 18 June 2009. # LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark LiBRO - Earlier Community figurative mark LIBERO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Partial refusal of registration - Application for annulment brought by the intervener - Article 134(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance - Signature of the pleading setting out grounds of appeal before the Board of Appeal - Admissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal. # Case T-418/07.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 18 June 2009 – LIBRO v OHIM – Causley (LiBRO)
      (Case T-418/07)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark LiBRO – Earlier Community figurative mark LIBERO – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – Partial refusal of registration – Application for annulment brought by the intervener – Article 134(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance – Signature of the pleading setting out grounds of appeal before the Board of Appeal – Admissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal
      1.                     Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition
            by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood
            of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 49-50, 59, 70-73)
      2.                     Community trade mark – Procedure before OHIM bodies – Transmission of communications to OHIM – Transmission by fax – Illegible
            signature (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 80(3) (see para. 30)
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 September 2007 (Case R 1454/2005-4) concerning
                  opposition proceedings between Dagmar Causley and LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Word and figurative mark LiBRO for goods and services in classes 2, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 35, 38, 41 and 42 – Application
                  No 2616753
               
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               Dagmar Causley
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               Figurative mark LIBERO for goods and services in classes 9, 38 and 42 – Community trade mark No 401141
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Partial dismissal of the application
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Partial annulment of the decision of the Opposition Division
            
         
      Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the application of Dagmar Causley;
               
            
         
                  3.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders LIBRO Handelsgesellschaft mbH to pay the costs, save for those of Dagmar Causley;
               
            
         
                  4.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Dagmar Causley to bear her own costs.