Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2008:575
Date: 2008-12-16
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Third Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Concepts: Word marks applied for
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Action brought on 20 September 2006 - Torres v OHIM - Navisa Industrial Vinícola Española (MANSO DE VELASCO) (Case T-259/06) Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish Parties Applicant: Miguel Torres SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri and A. Castán Pérez-Gómez, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Navisa Industrial Vinícola Española SA Form of order sought annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 June 2006 in Case R-865/2005-1; order OHIM to pay the costs. Pleas in law and main arguments Applicant for a Community trade mark: Miguel Torres SA Community trade mark concerned: Word mark MANSO DE VELASCO for goods in Class 33 - application No 2261527 Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Navisa Industrial Vinícola Española SA Mark or sign cited in opposition: Spanish word mark VELASCO for goods in Class 33 Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld and refusal of the application Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 1 given that there is no likelihood of confusion between the conflicting signs making them incompatible. ____________ 1 - Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ L 11 of 14.1.1994, p. 1).