CELEX: 62008TA0345
Language: en
Date: 2010-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Joined cases T-345/08 and T-357/08: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Rubinstein and L’Oréal v OHIM — Allergan (BOTOLIST and BOTOCYL) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word marks BOTOLIST and BOTOCYL — Earlier national figurative and word marks BOTOX — Relative ground for refusal — Damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))

12.2.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 46/10
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Rubinstein and L’Oréal v OHIM — Allergan (BOTOLIST and BOTOCYL)
   (Joined cases T-345/08 and T-357/08) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word marks BOTOLIST and BOTOCYL - Earlier national figurative and word marks BOTOX - Relative ground for refusal - Damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
   2011/C 46/16
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Helena Rubinstein SNC (Paris, France) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and J. Pagenberg, lawyers) (Case T-345/08); and L’Oréal SA (Paris) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and J. Pagenberg, lawyers) (Case T-357/08)
   
      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: Allergan, Inc. (Irvine, California, United States)
   
      Re:
   
   ACTIONS brought against, in Case T-345/08, the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 May 2008 (Case R 863/2007-1), relating to cancellation proceedings between Allergan, Inc. and Helena Rubinstein SNC, and, in Case T-357/08, the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 June 2008 (Case R 865/2007-1), relating to cancellation proceedings between Allergan, Inc. and L’Oréal SA
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the actions;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Helena Rubinstein SNC to pay the costs in Case T-345/08;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders L’Oréal SA to pay the costs in Case T-357/08.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 272, 25.10.2008.