Case T-7/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 November 2008 — Shaker v OHIM — Limiñana y Botella (Limoncello della Costiera Amalfitana shaker) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark Limoncello della Costiera Amalfitana shaker — Earlier national word mark LIMONCHELO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Appeal — Case referred back to the Court of First Instance)
Date: 2008-11-12
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU trade mark, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), alcohol, citrus fruit, fruit product, trade-mark law

10.1.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/19

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 November
2008 — Shaker v OHIM — Limiñana y Botella (Limoncello
della Costiera Amalfitana shaker)

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber)
of 13 November 2008 — Italian Republic v Commission

(Case T-7/04) (1)

(Case T-224/04) (1)

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Appli-
cation for figurative Community trade mark Limoncello della
Costiera Amalfitana shaker — Earlier national word mark
LIMONCHELO — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood
of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
— Appeal — Case referred back to the Court of First
Instance)

(2009/C 6/37)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Shaker di L. Laudato & C. Sas (Vietri sul Mare, Italy)
(represented by: F. Sciaudone, lawyer)

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

(EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ Section — Expenditure excluded from
Community financing — Aid for the processing of tomatoes
and production of olive oil)

(2009/C 6/38)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: M. Fiorilli, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: L. Visaggio and C. Cattabriga, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM:
Limiñana y Botella, SL (Monforte del Cid, Spain)

Re:

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of
Appeal of OHIM of 24 October 2003 (Case R 933/2002-2),
relating to opposition proceedings between Limiñana y Botella,
SL and Shaker di L. Laudato & C. Sas.

annulment of Commission Decision
Action for partial
2003/536/EC of 22 July 2003 excluding from Community
financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States
under the ‘Guarantee’ Section of
the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (OJ 2003 L 184, p. 42)
to the extent that it excludes certain expenditure by the Italian
Republic in the financial years 1999 to 2002.

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

The Court:

1. dismisses the action;

2. Orders Shaker di L. Laudato & C. Sas to pay all the costs of the
proceedings before the Court of First Instance and the Court of
Justice.

2. orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 59, 6.3.2004.

(1) OJ C 304, 13.12.2003 (formerly Case C‑430/03).