CELEX: C2006/131/80
Language: en
Date: 2006-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Case T-93/06: Action brought on  23 March 2006  — Mülhens v OHIM

3.6.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 131/43
            
         Action brought on 23 March 2006 — Mülhens v OHIM
   (Case T-93/06)
   (2006/C 131/80)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: T. Schulte-Beckhausen, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: S.A. Spa Monopole, Compagnie fermière de Spa (Spa, Belgium)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annul the decision of the second Board of Appeal of the defendant of 11 January 2006 (Case No 2746/2004);
            
         
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               order the defendant to bear the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   Applicant for the Community trade mark: Mülhens GmbH & Co. KG
   
      Community trade mark concerned: the word mark 'MINERAL SPA' for goods in class 3 (soaps, perfumeries, essential oils, preparations for body and beauty care, preparations for the hair, dentifrices)
   Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: S.A. Spa Monopole, Compagnie fermière de SPA
   
      Mark or sign cited: several trade marks containing the word 'SPA' and, in particular, the Benelux word trade mark 'SPA' for goods in class 32
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: rejection of the application for registration of the mark
   Decision of the Board of Appeal: dismissal of the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: Misapplication of Article 8(5) of Regulation 40/94.