CELEX: 62009TJ0369
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2010. # Sociedade Quinta do Portal, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE - Earlier national word mark VISTA ALEGRE - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-369/09.

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2010 – Quinta do Portal v OHIM – Vallegre (PORTO ALEGRE)
      (Case T-369/09)
      Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE – Earlier national word mark VISTA ALEGRE – Relative grounds for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
      Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds of invalidity – Registration contrary to Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 53(1)(a)) (see paras
         19, 30)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2009 (Case R 1012/2008-1) concerning invalidity
                  proceedings between Vallegre, Vinhos do Porto, SA and Sociedade Quinta do Portal SA.
               
            Information relating to the case 
      
               Registered Community trade mark of which cancellation sought: 
            
            
               Word mark PORTO ALEGRE for goods in Class 33
            
         
               Proprietor of the Community trade mark: 
            
            
               Sociedade Quinta do Portal, SA
            
         
               Party requesting the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: 
            
            
               Vallegre, Vinhos do Porto, SA
            
         
               Trade mark of the party seeking cancellation: 
            
            
               Earlier Portuguese word mark VISTA ALEGRE for goods in Class 33
            
         
               Decision of the Cancellation Division: 
            
            
               Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE declared invalid
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal: 
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action; 
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Sociedade Quinta do Portal SA to pay the costs.