Judgment of the General Court of 8 February 2011 - Lan Airlines v OHIM - Air Nostrum (LÍNEAS AÉREAS Del MEDITERRÁNEO LAM)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark LINEAS AEREAS DEL MEDITERRANEO LAM - Earlier Community word and figurative marks LAN - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - No similarity between the signs - 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: Lan Airlines, SA (Renca, Chile) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri and A. Castán Pérez-Gómez, 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: Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, SA (Manises, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 February 2009 (Case R 107/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Lan Airlines, SA and Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Lan Airlines, SA to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 167, 18.7.2009.