Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2015 — LS Fashion v OHIM — Gestión de Activos Isorana (L’Wren Scott)

(Case T-41/12) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark L’Wren Scott — Earlier national word mark LOREN SCOTT — Relative ground for refusal — Genuine use of the mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: LS Fashion, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: R. Black and S. Davies, Solicitors)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Gestión de Activos Isorana, SL (La Orotava, Spain) (represented by: F. Brandolini Kujman, J.-B. Devaureix and L. Montoya Terán, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 November 2011 (Case R 1584/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Gestión de Activos Isorana, SL, and LS Fashion, LLC.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders LS Fashion, LLC to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 109, 14.4.2012.