Judgment of the General Court of 8 November 2013 – Kessel v OHIM – Janssen-Cilag (Premeno)

(Case T-536/10) ¹

(Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Application for Community word mark Premeno – Earlier national word mark Pramino – Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Restriction of the goods designated in the trade mark application – Article 43(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Kessel Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH (Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany) (represented: initially by S. Bund, then A. Jacob, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented: initially by B. Schmidt, then D. Walicka, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Janssen-Cilag GmbH (Neuss, Germany) (represented by: M. Wenz, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 September 2010 (Case R 708/2010-4) relating to invalidity proceedings between Janssen-Cilag GmbH and Kessel Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 21 September 2010 (Case R 708/2010-4);

2.    Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Kessel Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH;

3.    Orders Janssen-Cilag GmbH to bear its own costs.

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¹     OJ C 30, 29.1.2011.