CELEX: C2006/310/39
Language: en
Date: 2006-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-286/06: Action brought on 11 October 2006 — TORRES v OHIM — Vinícola de Tomelloso (TORRES DE GAZATE)

16.12.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 310/19
            
         Action brought on 11 October 2006 — TORRES v OHIM — Vinícola de Tomelloso (TORRES DE GAZATE)
   (Case T-286/06)
   (2006/C 310/39)
   Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Miguel Torres S.A. (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri, M. A. Baz de San Ceferino and A. Castán Pérez-Gόmez, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Vinícola de Tomelloso S.C.L.
   Form of order sought
   
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               annul the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 July 2006 in Case R 421/2004-2 and order OHIM to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: Vinícola de Tomelloso S.C.L.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Word mark TORRE DE GAZATE in respect of goods in Class 33 — Application No 1 632 017.
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant.
   
      Mark or sign cited in opposition: National word marks TORRES, international word mark TORRES, and international word mark LAS TORRES in respect of goods in Class 33.
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition dismissed.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1) because the word TORRE is a dominant component in the overall impression produced by the mark applied for, there are aural and visual similarities between the conflicting marks and there is a likelihood of confusion making it impossible for them to coexist on the market.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).