CELEX: 62008TJ0307
Language: en
Date: 2009-10-20
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 20 October 2009. # Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community mark 4 OUT Living - Earlier national figurative mark Living & Co - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-307/08.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 20 October 2009 – Aldi Einkauf v OHIM – Goya Importaciones y Distribuciones
            (4 OUT Living)
      (Case T-307/08)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for figurative Community mark 4 OUT Living – Earlier national figurative mark Living & Co – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services
         – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1))(b)) (see paras 19-21, 32-33)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 May 2008 (Case R 1199/2007‑1) relating to opposition
                  proceedings between Goya Importaciones y Distribuciones, SL and Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Figurative mark 4 OUT Living for goods and services in Classes 18, 25 and 28
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               Goya Importaciones y Distribuciones, SL
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               Spanish trade mark registration of the figurative mark Living & Co (No 2604969) for goods and services in Classes 3, 14, 16,
                  18, 21, 25, 34 and 35
               
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Opposition partially upheld
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG to pay the costs.