CELEX: 62008TA0466
Language: en
Date: 2011-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-466/08: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Lancôme v OHIM — Focus Magazin Verlag (ACNO FOCUS) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark ACNO FOCUS — Earlier national word mark FOCUS — 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) — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))

28.5.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 160/16
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2011 — Lancôme v OHIM — Focus Magazin Verlag (ACNO FOCUS)
   (Case T-466/08) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark ACNO FOCUS - Earlier national word mark FOCUS - 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) - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   2011/C 160/20
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie (Paris, France) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and J. Pagenberg, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Focus Magazin Verlag GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: R. Schweizer and J. Berlinger, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 July 2008 (Case R 1796/2007-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Focus Magazin Verlag GmbH and Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 6, 10.1.2009.