CELEX: 62016CA0139
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Case C-139/16: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 6 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Burgos — Spain) — Juan Moreno Marín, María Almudena Benavente Cárdaba, Rodrigo Moreno Benavente v Abadía Retuerta, SA (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Trade marks — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 3(1)(c) — National word mark La Milla de Oro — Grounds for refusal of registration or invalidity — Signs indicating geographical origin)

28.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 283/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 6 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Burgos — Spain) — Juan Moreno Marín, María Almudena Benavente Cárdaba, Rodrigo Moreno Benavente v Abadía Retuerta, SA
   (Case C-139/16) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Trade marks - Directive 2008/95/EC - Article 3(1)(c) - National word mark La Milla de Oro - Grounds for refusal of registration or invalidity - Signs indicating geographical origin))
   (2017/C 283/07)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Referring court
   
   Audiencia Provincial de Burgos
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Juan Moreno Marín, María Almudena Benavente Cárdaba, Rodrigo Moreno Benavente
   
      Defendant: Abadía Retuerta SA
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   
               1.
            
            
               A sign such as ‘la Milla de Oro’, referring to the characteristic of a product or service which is that it can be found in abundance in a single place with a high degree of value and quality, cannot constitute an indication of geographical origin, since that sign must be accompanied by a name designating a geographical place so that the actual physical space with which a strong concentration of a product or service of a high degree of value or quality is associated may be identified.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Article 3(1)(c) of Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks must be interpreted as meaning that a sign such as ‘la Milla de Oro’, referring to the characteristic of a product or service which is that such a product or service can be found in abundance in a single place with a high degree of value, is unlikely to have characteristics the use of which as a trade mark would constitute a ground for invalidity within the meaning of that provision.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 200, 6.6.2016.