Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 December 2005 - Arysta Lifescience v OHIM
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark CARPOVIRUSINE - Former national word mark CARPO - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: French
Parties:
Applicant: Arysta Lifescience SAS, formally Calliope SAS (Noguères, France) (represented by: S. Legrand, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Pétrequin, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: BASF AG (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany)
Action
brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 March 2004 (Case R 289/2003-1) relating to the opposition proceedings between Calliope SAS and BASF AG
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 179 of 10.7.2004.