CELEX: 62010TN0421
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-421/10: Action brought on 20 September 2010 — Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana v OHIM — Constantina Sotelo Ares (ROSALIA DE CASTRO)

6.11.2010   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 301/61
            
         Action brought on 20 September 2010 — Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana v OHIM — Constantina Sotelo Ares (ROSALIA DE CASTRO)
   (Case T-421/10)
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   2010/C 301/98
   Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana, S. Coop. Galega (Meaño, Spain) (represented by: E Sánchez-Quiñones González, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Doña Constantina Sotelo Ares (Cambados, Spain)
   
      Form of order sought
   
   
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               Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 July 2010 in Case R 1804/2008-4;
            
         
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               order that trade mark 5635867 ROSALIA DE CASTRO be granted in respect of Classes 32, 33 and 35;
            
         
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               order the defendant to pay the costs, annulling the costs which the applicant was ordered to pay in the appeal.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: Cooperativa Vitivínicola Arousana, S. Coop. Galega.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘ROSALIA DE CASTRO’ for goods and services in Classes 32, 33 and 35.
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Doña Constantina Sotelo Ares.
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: Spanish word mark ‘ROSALIA’ for goods and services in Class 33.
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition rejected.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal allowed and opposition upheld.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, (1) since there is no likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).