# C_2017030EN.01004701.xml

| 30.1.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 30/47 |
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30.1.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 30/47

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Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods v EUIPO — Mueloliva (FONTOLIVA)

(Case T-24/16) (1)

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((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark FONTOLIVA - Earlier national word mark FUENOLIVA - Relative ground for refusal - Validity of the registration of the earlier mark - Submission of new facts and evidence before the General Court - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Power to alter - Article 8(1)(b), Article 42(2) and (3) and Articles 65 and 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2017/C 030/53)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods, SA (Algés, Portugal) (represented by: D. Martins Pereira, lawyer)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)

Defendant:

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Mueloliva, SL (Córdoba, Spain)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO:

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 November 2015 (Case R 1813/2014-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Mueloliva and Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods.

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 November 2015 (Case R 1813/2014-2); |
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Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 November 2015 (Case R 1813/2014-2);

| 2. | Rejects the opposition filed by Mueloliva, SL to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark FONTOLIVA applied for by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods, SA; |
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Rejects the opposition filed by Mueloliva, SL to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark FONTOLIVA applied for by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods, SA;

| 3. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

| 4. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court; |
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Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court;

| 5. | Orders EUIPO and Mueloliva each to pay half of the costs necessarily incurred by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |
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5.

Orders EUIPO and Mueloliva each to pay half of the costs necessarily incurred by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.

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(1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.

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