CELEX: C2006/310/38
Language: en
Date: 2006-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-285/06: Action brought on 11 October 2006 — TORRES v OHIM — Bodegas Cándido (TORRE DE FRIAS)

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 — Bodegas Cándido (TORRE DE FRIAS)
   (Case T-285/06)
   (2006/C 310/38)
   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: Bodegas Cándido S.A.
   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 1069/2000-2 and order OHIM to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Applicant for a Community trade mark: Bodegas Cándido S.A.
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Word mark TORRE DE FRIAS for goods in Class 33 — Application No 305 151.
   
      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 for 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) since the word TORRE is the 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 between them which makes 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).