CELEX: 62013TN0489
Language: en
Date: 2013-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-489/13: Action brought on 16 September 2013 — La Rioja Alta v OHIM — Aldi Einkauf (VIÑA ALBERDI)

16.11.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 336/27
            
         Action brought on 16 September 2013 — La Rioja Alta v OHIM — Aldi Einkauf (VIÑA ALBERDI)
   (Case T-489/13)
   2013/C 336/58
   Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: La Rioja Alta, SA (Haro, Spain) (represented by: F. Pérez Álvarez, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG (Essen, Germany)
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the General Court should:
   
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               annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM in Case R 1190/2011-4 of 9 July 2013;
            
         
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               declare valid Community trade mark No 3 189 065‘VIÑA ALBERDI’ for ‘Alcoholic beverages (except beers), except wines from Italy’ in Class 33 of the International Nice Classification;
            
         
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               order OHIM and the other parties before the Court to pay the costs of these proceedings.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   
      Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought: Word mark ‘VIÑA ALBERDI’ for goods in Classes 30, 32 and 33 — Community trade mark registration No 3 189 065
   
      Proprietor of the Community trade mark: Applicant
   
      Applicant for the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG
   
      Grounds for the application for a declaration of invalidity: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 in conjunction with Article 53(1)(a) and (b) of the same regulation — Figurative mark with the word elements ‘VILLA ALBERTI’
   
      Decision of the Cancellation Division: Application upheld
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 in conjunction with Article 53(1)(a) and (b) of the same regulation