CELEX: 62016TA0086
Language: en
Date: 2017-09-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-86/16: Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2017 — Codorniú SA v EUIPO (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark ANA DE ALTUN — Earlier national figurative mark ANNA — Relative grounds for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons)

30.10.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 369/11
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2017 — Codorniú SA v EUIPO
   (Case T-86/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark ANA DE ALTUN - Earlier national figurative mark ANNA - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons))
   (2017/C 369/14)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Codorniú SA (Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: M. Ceballos Rodríguez and J. Güell Serra, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Zaera Cuadrado, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Bodegas Altun, SL (Baños de Ebro, Spain) (represented by: M. Escribano Uzcudun, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 December 2015 (Case R 199/2015-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Codorníu and Bodegas Altun.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 9 December 2015 (Case R 199/2015-2);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO and Bodegas Altun, SL to bear their own costs and each to pay half of those incurred by Codorníu SA.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 136, 18.4.2016.