Action brought on 26 November 2006 - Laboratorios Byly v OHIM - Ginis (BILLY'S Products)

(Case T-514/08)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorios Byly, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: L. Plaza Fernandez-Villa, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Vasileios Ginis (Athens, Greece)

Form of order sought

The contested decision be annulled;

the defendant be ordered to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Vasileios Ginis.

Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark 'BILLY'S products' (application no 4.215.273) for goods in Class 3.

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Laboratorios Byly.

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community word marks 'BYLY' (application no 156.216) for goods in Class 3, and 'byly' (application no 2.604.015) for goods in Classes 3 and 5, and services in Class 35.

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition rejected.

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.

Pleas in law: Incorrect interpretation of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark.

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