Case T-175/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 18 June 2008 — Coca-Cola v OHIM — San Polo (MEZZOPANE) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative trade mark MEZZOPANE — Earlier national word marks MEZZO and MEZZOMIX — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — No likelihood of confusion)
Date: 2008-06-18
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), trade-mark law, wine

2.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 197/21

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 18 June 2008 —
Coca-Cola v OHIM — San Polo (MEZZOPANE)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 June 2008 —
Otto v OHIM

(Case T-175/06) (1)

(Case T-224/06) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for Community figurative trade mark MEZZOPANE —
Earlier national word marks MEZZO and MEZZOMIX —
Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — No likelihood
of confusion)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings —
Application for the Community figurative mark l'Altra Moda
— Earlier national
figurative mark Alba Moda —
Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion —
Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 73
and Article 74(1) and (2) of Regulation No 40/94)

(2008/C 197/35)

Language of the case: Italian

(2008/C 197/36)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Parties

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta, Georgia, United
States) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri and A. Castán Pérez-
Gómez, lawyers)

Applicant: Otto GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (repre-
sented by: C. Rohnke and M. Munz, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: O. Montalto and L.
Rampini, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before
Instance: San Polo Srl
(Montalcino, Italy) (represented by: G. Casucci and F. Luciani,
lawyers)

the Court of First

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: O. Montalto and P.
Bullock, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM
intervening before the Court of First Instance: L'Altra Moda SpA
(Rome, Italy) (represented by: A. Masetti Zannini de Concina
and M. Bucarelli, lawyers)

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal
of OHIM of 5 April 2006 (Case R 99/2005-1) concerning
opposition proceedings between The Coca-Cola Company and
San Polo Srl.

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 16 June 2006 (Case R 793/2005-2) relating
to opposition proceedings between Otto GmbH & Co. KG and
l'Altra Moda SpA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action.

2. Orders The Coca-Cola Company to pay the costs.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Otto GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs and those of
the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
and Designs) (OHIM) and of l'Altra Moda SpA.

(1) OJ C 212 of 2.9.2006.

(1) OJ C 281, 18.11.2006.