Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2015 — Silicium España Laboratorios v OHIM — LLR-G5 (LLRG5)
(Case T-306/13) 1
(Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark ‘LLRG5’ — Absolute ground for refusal — Bad faith on the part of the Community trade mark proprietor — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Silicium España Laboratorios, SL (Tarragona, Spain) (represented by: C. Sueiras Villalobos, 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 General Court: LLR-G5 Ltd (Castlebar, Ireland) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl and H. Hartwig, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Chamber of the Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 March 2013 (case R 383/2012-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between LLR-G5 Ltd and Silicium España Laboratorios, SL.
Operative part
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Silicium España Laboratorios, SL, to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 226, 3.8.2013.