Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 26.4.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 107/23 |

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 March 2008 — Sebirán v OHIM — El Coto de Rioja (Coto D'Arcis)

(Case T-332/04)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2008107EN.01002303-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark Coto D'Arcis - Earlier Community word marks EL COTO and COTO DE IMAZ - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - No damage to reputation - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 107/38)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Sebirán SL (Requena, Spain) (represented by: A. Calderón Chavero and T. Villate Consonni, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Laporta Insa, agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: El Coto de Rioja SA (Oyón, Spain) (represented initially by M.E. López Camba, then by M.E. López Camba and J. Grimau Muñoz, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 June 2004 (Case R 550/2003-2) concerning opposition proceedings between El Coto de Rioja SA and Sebirán SL.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | dismisses the application of El Coto de Rioja SA for the partial annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)(OHIM) of 15 June 2004 (Case R 550/2003-2); |

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| 3. | orders Sebirán SL to pay its own costs and those of OHIM and one half of the costs of El Coto de Rioja SA; |

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| 4. | orders El Coto de Rioja SA to bear one half of its own costs. |

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