Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2014:882
Date: 2014-10-15
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2014 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM (Case T-515/12) 1 (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark The English Cut — Earlier national word and Community figurative marks El Corte Inglés — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No likelihood of association — Connection between the signs– No similarity between the signs — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: El Corte Inglés (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: E. Seijo Veiguela, J.L Rivas Zurdo and I. Munilla Muñoz, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: The English Cut SL (Málaga, Spain) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 September 2012 (Case R 1673/2011-1) relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés SA and The English Cut S.L. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders El Corte Inglés SA to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.