CELEX: C2007/269/79
Language: en
Date: 2007-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-418/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 September 2007 — La Mer Technology v OHIM — Laboratoires Goëmar (LA MER) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark LA MER — Earlier national word mark LABORATOIRE DE LA MER — Relative ground of refusal — Genuine use of the mark — Article 43(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94))

10.11.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 269/44
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 27 September 2007 — La Mer Technology v OHIM — Laboratoires Goëmar (LA MER)
   (Case T-418/03) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark LA MER - Earlier national word mark LABORATOIRE DE LA MER - Relative ground of refusal - Genuine use of the mark - Article 43(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94))
   (2007/C 269/79)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: La Mer Technology, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: initially, V. von Bomhard, A. Renck and A. Pohlmann, and subsequently, V. von Bomhard and A. Renck, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: Laboratoires Goëmar (Saint-Malo, France) (represented by: E. Baud and S. Strittmatter, lawyers)
   Re:
   Action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 October 2003 (Case R 814/2000-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Laboratoires Goëmar and La Mer Technology, Inc.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders La Mer Technology, Inc., to pay its own costs and those of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and Laboratoires Goëmar.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 47, 21.2.2004.