Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 8 March 2012

Christina Arrieta D. Gross v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark BIODANZA — Earlier national word mark BIODANZA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Death of the trade mark applicant before adoption of the decision of the Board of Appeal — Admissibility of the response — No genuine use of the earlier trade mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Proceedings before the Board of Appeal — Rights of defence — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009

Case T‑298/10


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
30/03/2012 Arrieta D. Gross v OHMI - International Biocentric Foundation and Others (BIODANZA)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2012:113		 08/03/2012 Arrieta D. Gross v OHMI - International Biocentric Foundation and Others (BIODANZA)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:113		 08/03/2012 Arrieta D. Gross v OHMI - International Biocentric Foundation and Others (BIODANZA)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Application (OJ)
25/09/2010 Arrieta D. Gross v OHMI - International Biocentric Foundation and Others (BIODANZA)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment, brought by the proprietor of the national word marks ‘BIODANZA’ for goods and services in Classes 16, 41 and 44, against decision R 1149/20092 of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 13 April 2010, which annulled the decision of the Opposition Division refusing, in part, the application for registration of the figurative mark containing the word element ‘BIODANZA’, in respect of the goods and services in Classes 16, 41 and 44, in the context of opposition proceedings brought by the applicant.

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.03 Other questions of substantive law
        4.11.03.03.03 Mark or application for a mark as an item of property
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.03 Other questions of substantive law
        4.11.03.03.02 Genuine use of a mark
          4.11.03.03.02.01 Concept and criteria for assessment
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.03 Other questions of substantive law
        4.11.03.03.02 Genuine use of a mark
          4.11.03.03.02.01 Concept and criteria for assessment


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 07/07/2010

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

08/03/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 260 from 25.09.2010, p.17

Judgment: OJ C 118 from 21.04.2012, p.24

Name of the parties

Arrieta D. Gross v OHMI - International Biocentric Foundation and Others (BIODANZA)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Application for leave to intervene : application granted
  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Gratsias

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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