Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber), 21 October 2014

Gilbert Szajner v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Community trademark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark LAGUIOLE — Earlier French business name Forge de Laguiole — Articles 53(1)(c) and 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Case T‑453/11



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Order
ECLI:EU:T:2015:718		 14/09/2015 Szajner v OHMI - Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Judgment (OJ)
14/11/2014 Szajner v OHMI - Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2014:901		 21/10/2014 Szajner v OHMI - Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2014:901		 21/10/2014 Szajner v OHMI - Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
23/09/2011 Szajner v OHMI - Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the Community word mark ‘LAGUIOLE’ for goods and services in, inter alia, Classes 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 28, 34 and 38 against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 1 June 2011 in Case R 181/2007-1 partially annulling the Cancellation Division’s decision, which dismissed the application by Forge de Laguiole for a declaration that that mark is invalid

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.03 Appeals
          4.11.03.04.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.03 Appeals
          4.11.03.04.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.04 4.11.03.02.04
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.03 Appeals
          4.11.03.04.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.01 Registration procedure
          4.11.03.04.01.01 Application for registration and its examination
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.04 4.11.03.02.04
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.07 Signs examined
          4.11.03.02.07.04 Earlier non-registered mark or other earlier sign used in the course of trade


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 08/08/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

21/10/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 431 from 01.12.2014, p.18

Application: OJ C 298 from 08.10.2011, p.26

Name of the parties

Szajner v OHMI - Forge de Laguiole (LAGUIOLE)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Torelli, Valentina: Trade marks: Cutting-edge trade mark and business name litigation with LAGUIOLE , Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2015 p.235-236 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : application granted
  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Pelikánová

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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