Notice for the OJ

 

     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

     9 July 2003

in Case T-156/01: Laboratorios RTB, SL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)(¹)

    (Community trade mark ( Invalidity proceedings ( Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 ( Earlier figurative and word marks containing the word GIORGI ( Application for Community word mark

GIORGIO AIRE ( Relative ground for refusal ( Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 ( Proof of use ( Article 56(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94)

    (Language of the case: Spanish)

In Case T-156/01, Laboratorios RTB, SL, established in Bigues i Riells (Spain), represented by A. Canela Giménez, lawyer, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: O. Montalto and J. F. Crespo Carrillo): Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 11 April 2001 (Case R 258/2000-1), the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: V. Tiili, President, P. Mengozzi, and M. Vilaras, Judges; B. Pastor, Deputy Registrar, has given a judgment on 9 July 2003, in which it:

1.    Dismisses the application;

2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 259 of 15.9.2001