Case T-169/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 November 2007 — Charlott v OHIM — Charlo (Charlott France Entre Luxe et Tradition) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark Charlott France Entre Luxe et Tradition — Earlier figurative national mark Charlot — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2007-12-22
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), clothing industry, trade-mark law

C 315/38

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

22.12.2007

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 November
2007 — Castell del Remei v OHIM — Bodegas Roda
(Castell del Remei ODA)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 November
2007 — Charlott v OHIM — Charlo (Charlott France Entre
Luxe et Tradition)

(Case T-101/06) (1)

(Case T-169/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for figurative Community trade mark Castell del Remei
ODA — Earlier international word mark RODA and earlier
national
trade marks RODA, RODA I, RODA II and
BODEGAS RODA — Absolute ground for refusal — Likeli-
hood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 40/94)

(2007/C 315/71)

Language of the case: Spanish

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for figurative Community trade mark Charlott France
Entre Luxe et Tradition — Earlier figurative national mark
Charlot — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 43(2)
and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2007/C 315/72)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Charlott SARL (Chaponost, France) (represented by: L.
Conrad, T. Parisot and L. Tremeaud, lawyers)

Parties

Applicant: Castell del Remei SL (Castell del Remei, Spain) (repre-
sented by: F. de Visscher, E. Cornu, D. Moreau, J. Grau Mora, A.
Angulo Lafora, M. Ferrándiz Avendaño, M.Baylos Morales and
A. Velásquez Ibáñez, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks
Folliard-
Monguiral, acting as Agent)

(represented by: A.

and Designs)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Garcia Murillo,
Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First Instance: Charlo — Confecções
para Homens, Artigos de Lã e Outros SA.

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
Bodegas Roda SA (La Rioja, Spain) (represented by: M. López Camba,
B. García Peces and J. Grimau Muñoz, lawyers)

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 17 January 2006 (Case R 263/2005-1) relating to
opposition proceedings between Bodegas Roda SA and Castell
del Remei SL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action.

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 24 April 2006 (Case R 223/205-2)
concerning opposition proceedings between Charlo — Confec-
ções para Homens, Artigos de Lã e Outros SA and Charlott
SARL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Charlott SARL to pay the costs, except those incurred by

the intervener;

3. Orders Charlo — Confecções para Homens, Artigos de Lã e

Outros SA to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 121 of 20.5.2006.

(1) OJ C 212, 2.9.2006.