Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2015 — Harper Hygienics v OHIM — Clinique Laboratories (CLEANIC Kindii)

(Case T-364/12) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark CLEANIC Kindii — Earlier Community word marks CLINIQUE — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier marks — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009)Language of the case: PolishPartiesApplica

or refusal — Likelihood of co

nfusion 

— Similarity of the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character o

r the repute of the earlier marks — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009)Langu

or, and subsequently K. Hughes) Re:Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 May 2012 (Case R 1135/2011-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Clinique Laboratories, LLC and Harper Hygienics S.A.Operative part of the judgmentThe Court:1.    

dism

isses the action;2.    orders Harper Hygienics S.A. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and Clinique Laborato

ries, LLC.

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¹     OJ C 355, 17.11.2