Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 13 February 2008 - Sanofi-Aventis v OHIM
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ATURION - Earlier national mark URION - Relative ground for refusal - Lack of likelihood of confusion - Lack of similarity between the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Sanofi-Aventis SA (Paris, France) (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: J. García Murillo, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: GD Searle LLC (New York, New York, United States of America)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 February 2006 (Case R 227/2005-1) concerning opposition proceedings between Sanofi-Aventis SA and GD Searle LLC.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Sanofi-Aventis SA to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 190, 12.8.2006.