Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 February 2012.#Certmedica International GmbH and Lehning entreprise SARL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark L112 — Earlier French word mark L.114 — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Declaration of partial invalidity.#Joined Cases T‑77/10 and T‑78/10.

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 December 2009 (Case R 934/2009‑2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Lehning entreprise and Certmedica International GmbH.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. In Case T‑77/10:

– annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 9 December 2009 (Case R 934/2009‑2) in so far as it declares the registration of the mark L112 to be invalid in respect of ‘veterinary preparations’;

– dismisses the action as to the remainder;

– orders Certmedica International GmbH and OHIM to bear their own costs;

– orders Lehning entreprise to pay the costs incurred in connection with its intervention.

2. In Case T‑78/10:

– dismisses the action;

– orders Lehning entreprise to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OHIM;

– orders Certmedica International to pay the costs incurred in connection with its intervention.