CELEX: 62007TA0021
Language: en
Date: 2009-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-21/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 March 2009 — L’Oréal v OHIM — Spa Monopole (SPALINE) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community word mark SPALINE — Earlier national word mark SPA — Relative ground for refusal — Damage to reputation — Unfair advantage derived from the reputation of the earlier mark — Use of the mark applied for without due cause — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

16.5.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 113/33
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 March 2009 — L’Oréal v OHIM — Spa Monopole (SPALINE)
   (Case T-21/07) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark SPALINE - Earlier national word mark SPA - Relative ground for refusal - Damage to reputation - Unfair advantage derived from the reputation of the earlier mark - Use of the mark applied for without due cause - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   2009/C 113/67
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: L’Oréal SA (Paris, France) (represented by: E. Baud, lawyer)
   
      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, intervening before the Court of First Instance: Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV (Spa, Belgium) (represented by: E. Cornu, L. De Brouwer, D. Moreau and E. De Gryse, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 October 2006 (Case R 415/2005-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Spa Monopole, compagnie fermière de Spa SA/NV and L’Oréal SA.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders L’Oréal SA to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 69, 24.3.2007.