Judgment_paragraph 102 · Helena Rubinstein SNC and L'Oréal SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (C-100/11 P)

102It is settled law that the rule according to which the evidence submitted in support of an opposition or of an application for invalidity or revocation of the trade mark must be submitted in the language of the proceedings or be accompanied by a translation into that language is justified by the need to observe the principle of the right to be heard and to ensure equality of arms between the parties in inter partes proceedings (see, to that effect, Case T-107/02 GE Betz v OHIM - Atofina Chemicals (BIOMATE) [2004] ECR II-1845, paragraph 72, and Case T-407/05 SAEME v OHIM - Racke (REVIAN’s) [2007] ECR II-4385, paragraph 35).