CELEX: 62006TJ0101
Language: en
Date: 2007-11-14
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 14 November 2007. # Castell del Remei SL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community trade mark Castell del Remei ODA - Earlier international word mark RODA and earlier national trade marks RODA, RODA I, RODA II and BODEGAS RODA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94. # Case T-101/06.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 14 November 2007 – Castell del Remei v OHIM – Bodegas Roda (Castell
            del Remei ODA)
      (Case T-101/06)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for figurative Community trade mark Castell del Remei ODA – Earlier international word mark RODA and earlier national trade marks RODA, RODA I, RODA II and BODEGAS RODA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
      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
         (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 71-72, 82)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 January 2006 (Case R 263/2005-1) relating to
                  opposition proceedings between Bodegas Roda SA and Castell del Remei SL.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Castell del Remei, SL
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Figurative mark Castell del Remei ODA for goods in Classes 29, 30 and 33 – Application No 2325256 
            
         
               Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:
            
            
               Bodegas Roda, SA
            
         
               Mark or sign cited in opposition:
            
            
               International word mark RODA, Spanish word marks RODA (No 1757553), RODA I (No 2006616), RODA II (No 2006615) and BODEGAS
                  RODA (No 137050), concerning goods in Class 33, and trade name BODEGAS RODA, SA for the wine trade
               
            
         
               Decision of the Opposition Division:
            
            
               Opposition upheld and application for registration dismissed
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders the applicant to pay the costs.