CELEX: 62017TA0779
Language: en
Date: 2019-04-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-779/17: Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 — United Wineries v EUIPO — Compañía de Vinos Miguel Martín (VIÑA ALARDE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark VIÑA ALARDE — Earlier national word mark ‘ALARDE’ — Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Identity of the goods — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001))

20.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 172/32
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 — United Wineries v EUIPO — Compañía de Vinos Miguel Martín (VIÑA ALARDE)
      (Case T-779/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark VIÑA ALARDE - Earlier national word mark ‘ALARDE’ - Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Identity of the goods - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 172/44)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: United Wineries, SA (Cenicero, Spain) (represented by: J. Oria Sousa-Montes, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Compañía de Vinos Miguel Martín, SL (Cigales, Spain)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 September 2017 (Case R 281/2017-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Compañía de Vinos Miguel Martín and United Wineries.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders United Wineries, SA to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 42, 5.2.2018.