CELEX: 62010TJ0152
Language: en
Date: 2011-12-07
Title: Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2011. # El Corte Inglés, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark ALIA - Earlier Community figurative mark ALAÏA PARIS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-152/10.

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      Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2011 – El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Azzedine Alaïa (ALIA)
      (Case T-152/10)
      Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community word mark ALIA – Earlier Community figurative mark ALAÏA PARIS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
      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
         – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 19-20, 59)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 February 2010 (Case R 924/2008-4), relating
                  to opposition proceedings between Mr Azzedine Alaïa and El Corte Inglés, SA.
               
            Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
                     Designs) (OHIM) of 3 February 2010 (Case R 924/2008-4) in so far as the Board of Appeal excluded the goods in Class 3 corresponding
                     to the description ‘Perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions; dentifrices’ from its analysis of the likelihood of
                     confusion between the marks at issue;
                  
               
            
         
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                  	Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
         
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                  	Orders El Corte Inglés, SA, OHIM and Mr Azzedine Alaïa each to bear their own costs.