Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 27.11.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 402/30 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2017 — Sensi Vigne & Vini v EUIPO — El Grifo (CONTADO DEL GRIFO)

(Case T-434/16)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2017402EN.01003001-E0001)

((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark CONTADO DEL GRIFO - Earlier EU figurative mark EL GRIFO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))

(2017/C 402/38)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Sensi Vigne & Vini Srl (Lamporecchio, Italy) (represented by: initially by F. Caricato, and subsequently by M. Cartella and B. Cartella, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: El Grifo, SA (San Bartolomé, Lanzarote, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 May 2016 (Case R 2218/2015-2), relating to opposition proceedings between El Grifo and Sensi Vigne & Vini.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Sensi Vigne & Vini Srl to pay the costs. |

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