Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 15.2.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 45/36 |

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Action brought on 25 November 2013 — Granette & Starorežná Distilleries v OHIM — Bacardi (42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol.)

(Case T-607/13)

2014/C 45/62

Language in which the application was lodged: Czech

Parties

Applicant: Granette & Starorežná Distilleries a.s. (Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic) (represented by: T. Chleboun, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Bacardi Co. Ltd (Vaduz, Liechtenstein)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | join the proceedings in this case to the proceedings in Case T-435/12; |

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| — | dismiss the action brought by the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal against the defendant’s decision of 9 July 2012 in Case R 2100/2011-2 (Case T-435/12); |

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| — | alter the defendant’s decision of 16 September 2013 in Case R 1605/2012-2 so as to reject the form of order sought by the other party to the proceedings No B 1753550 against the application for the Community trade mark ‘42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol’; |

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| — | order the defendant and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the applicant’s costs in the proceedings. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Granette & Starorežná Distilleries

Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark containing the word elements ‘42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol.’

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Bacardi Co. Ltd

Mark or sign cited in opposition: International and national trade mark containing the word element ‘42 BELOW’

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation

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