CELEX: 62005TJ0096
Language: en
Date: 2006-10-04
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 4 October 2006. # Monte di Massima SAS di Pruneddu Leonardo & C. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for figurative Community trade mark Valle della Luna - Earlier national figurative mark VALLE DE LA LUNA - Proof of use of the earlier mark - Article 15(2)(a), and Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94. # Case T-96/05.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 4 October 2006 – Monte di Massima v OHIM – Höfferle Internationale
            (Valle della Luna)
      (Case T-96/05)
      Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for figurative Community trade mark Valle della Luna – Earlier national figurative mark VALLE DE LA LUNA – Proof of use of the earlier mark – Article 15(2)(a), and Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
      Community trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Proof of use of the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 15(1) and 43(2) and (3)) (see paras 26-27)
      Re:
      
         ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 November 2004 (Case R 269/2004-1), concerning
                  opposition proceedings between Monte di Massima SAS di Pruneddu Leonardo & C. and J.M. Höfferle Internationale Handelsgesellschaft
                  mbH.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Monte di Massima SAS di Pruneddu Leonardo & C.
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Figurative mark Valle della Luna for goods in Class 32 – Application No 2029726
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               J.M. Höfferle Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               German nominative mark VALLE DE LA LUNA for goods in Class 33
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Opposition dismissed
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal allowed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                   
               
               
                  
               
               
                  Orders the applicant to pay the costs incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
                     and by the intervener.