Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2009 - Procter & Gamble v OHIM - Laboratorios Alcala Farma (oli)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the figurative Community mark oli - Earlier Community word marks OLAY - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - 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: English
Parties
Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) (represented by: T. Scourfield, N. Beckett, Solicitors and A. Speck, Barrister)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Laboratorios Alcala Farma SL (Madrid, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 2 April 2008 (Case R 1481/2007-2), relating to opposition proceedings between The Procter & Gamble Company and Laboratorios Alcala Farma, SL
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders The Procter & Gamble Company to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 209, 15.8.2008.