CELEX: 62016TA0024
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-24/16: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods v EUIPO — Mueloliva (FONTOLIVA) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark FONTOLIVA — Earlier national word mark FUENOLIVA — Relative ground for refusal — Validity of the registration of the earlier mark — Submission of new facts and evidence before the General Court — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Power to alter — Article 8(1)(b), Article 42(2) and (3) and Articles 65 and 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

30.1.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 30/47
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods v EUIPO — Mueloliva (FONTOLIVA)
   (Case T-24/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark FONTOLIVA - Earlier national word mark FUENOLIVA - Relative ground for refusal - Validity of the registration of the earlier mark - Submission of new facts and evidence before the General Court - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Power to alter - Article 8(1)(b), Article 42(2) and (3) and Articles 65 and 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 030/53)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods, SA (Algés, Portugal) (represented by: D. Martins Pereira, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Mueloliva, SL (Córdoba, Spain)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 November 2015 (Case R 1813/2014-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Mueloliva and Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 November 2015 (Case R 1813/2014-2);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Rejects the opposition filed by Mueloliva, SL to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark FONTOLIVA applied for by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods, SA;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods for the purposes of the proceedings before the Court;
            
         
               5.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO and Mueloliva each to pay half of the costs necessarily incurred by Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.