Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 17.5.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 175/5 |

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Appeal brought on 29 January 2016 by Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) delivered on 18 November 2015 in Case T-659/14: Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP v OHIM

(Case C-56/16 P)

(2016/C 175/04)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: O. Mondéjar Ortuño and E. Zaera Cuadrado, Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP, Bruichladdich Distillery Co.Ltd

Form of order sought

The appellant claims that the Court should:

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| — | uphold the appeal in its entirety; |

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| — | annul the judgment under appeal; |

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| — | order the applicant before the General Court to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

The General Court infringed Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009[(1)](#ntr1-C_2016175EN.01000502-E0001), read in conjunction with Article 8(4), and Article 53(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 by considering that the protection conferred by Regulation (EC) No 491/2009[(2)](#ntr2-C_2016175EN.01000502-E0002) to registered designations of origin can be supplemented by Decreto-Lei No 173/2009 and Decreto-Lei No 212/2004 and the Portuguese Intellectual Property Code.

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