CELEX: 62011TA0571
Language: en
Date: 2013-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-571/11: Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2013 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Chez Gerard (CLUB GOURMET) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark CLUB GOURMET — Earlier national figurative mark CLUB DEL GOURMET, EN. El Corte Inglés — Relative ground for refusal — Lack of similarity between the goods and services — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Arguments and evidence adduced for the first time before the General Court)

4.5.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 129/18
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2013 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Chez Gerard (CLUB GOURMET)
   (Case T-571/11) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark CLUB GOURMET - Earlier national figurative mark CLUB DEL GOURMET, EN. El Corte Inglés - Relative ground for refusal - Lack of similarity between the goods and services - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Arguments and evidence adduced for the first time before the General Court)
   2013/C 129/36
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: E. Seijo Veiguela and J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Groupe Chez Gerard Restaurants Ltd (London, United Kingdom)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 July 2011 (Case R 1946/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between El Corte Inglés, SA and Groupe Chez Gerard Restaurants Ltd.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders El Corte Inglés, SA to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 13, 14.1.2012.