Judgment of the General Court of 28 November 2013 – Herbacin cosmetic v OHIM – Laboratoire Garnier (HERBA SHINE)

(Case T-34/12) ¹

(Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for Community word mark HERBA SHINE – Earlier national, Community and international word marks Herbacin – Relative ground for refusal – Genuine use of the earlier marks – Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Statement of reasons – Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Herbacin cosmetic GmbH (Wutha-Farnroda, Germany) (represented by: J. Eberhardt, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Laboratoire Garnier et Cie (Paris, France)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 November 2011 (Case R 2255/2010-1), relating to an opposition procedure between Herbacin cosmetic GmbH and Laboratoire Garnier et Cie.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 22 November 2011 (Case R 2255/2010-1);

2.    Orders the OHIM to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 80, 17.3.2012.