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Case T-514/08: Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2010 — Laboratorios Byly v OHIM — Ginis (BILLY’S Products) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark BILLY’S Products — Earlier Community and national word marks BYLY and byly — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

OJ C 148, 5.6.2010, p. 29–29 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

5.6.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 148/29


Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2010 — Laboratorios Byly v OHIM — Ginis (BILLY’S Products)

(Case T-514/08) (1)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark BILLY’S Products - Earlier Community and national word marks BYLY and byly - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

2010/C 148/51

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Laboratorios Byly SA (Barberà del Vallès, Spain) (represented by: L. Plaza Fernández-Villa, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Vasileios Ginis (Athens, Greece)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 September 2008 (Case R 469/2008-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Laboratorios Byly SA and Vasileios Ginis.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 15 September 2008 (Case R 469/2008-2);

2.

Orders OHIM to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 19, 24.1.2009.


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