CELEX: 62009TJ0358
Community trade mark
Opposition proceedings
Application for Community word mark TORO DE PIEDRA
Earlier Community figurative mark D. ORIGEN TORO
Relative ground for refusal
Likelihood of confusion
Similarity of the signs
Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Right to be heard
Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based
Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2009 (Case R 1117/2008-2) concerning
opposition proceedings between Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro and Sociedad Agricola Requingua Ltda.
Information relating to the case
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Sociedad Agricola Requingua Ltda
Community trade mark sought:
Word mark TORO DE PIEDRA for goods in Class 33 – Application No 4000501
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro
Mark or sign cited in opposition:
Community trade mark registration of the figurative mark D. ORIGEN TORO for goods in Class 33; Spanish trade mark registration
of the figurative mark Denominación de Origen TORO for goods in Class 33
Decision of the Opposition Division:
Opposition upheld
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Sociedad Agricola Requingua Ltda to pay the costs.