Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2013:533
Date: 2013-10-16
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 16 October 2013 – El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Sohawon (fRee YOUR STYLe.) (Case T-282/12)1 (Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark fRee YOUR STYLe. – Earlier Community and national word marks FREE STYLE – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (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: V. Melgar, Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Nadia Mariam Sohawon (London, United Kingdom) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 April 2012 (Case R 1825/2010-4), relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés, SA and Ms Nadia Mariam Sohawon. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 258, 25.8.2012.