Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 June 2009 - Bastos Viegas v OHIM - Fabre Médicament (OPDREX)

(Case T-33/08) ¹

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark OPDREX - Earlier national word mark OPTREX - 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))

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Bastos Viegas, SA (Penafiel, Portugal) (represented by: G. Marín Raigal and P. López Ronda, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Pierre Fabre médicament (Boulogne Billancourt, France) (represented by: J. Grau Mora, A. Angulo Lafora and M. Ferrándiz Avendaño, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 November 2007 (Case R 1238/2006-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Pierre Fabre Médicament SA and Bastos Viegas, SA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Bastos Viegas, SA to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 79, 29.3.2008.