Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2008:603
Date: 2008-12-18
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Concepts: Figurative marks applied for
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 18 December 2008 -Torres v OHIM - Gala-Salvador Dali (TG Torre Galatea) (Case T-8/07) 1 (Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for Community figurative mark TG Torre Galatea - Earlier Community word mark TORRES 10 - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Miguel Torres, SA (Vilafranca del Penedés, Spain) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri, M. Baz de San Ceferino and A. Castán Pérez-Gómez, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: O. Mondéjar Ortuño, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Fundación Gala-Salvador Dali (Figueras, Spain) (represented by: A. Seguera Roda and M. Teixdor Jufresa, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 24 October 2006 (Case R-168/2006-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Miguel Torres, SA and Fundacion Gala-Salvador Dali. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Miguel Torres, SA to pay the costs ____________ 1 - OJ C ##, ##.