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Document 62014TA0690

    Case T-690/14: Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2015 — Sony Computer Entertainment Europe v OHIM — Marpefa (Vieta) (Community trade mark — Revocation proceedings — Community figurative mark Vieta — Genuine use of the mark — Nature of use — Article 15(1) and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark — Proof of use for the registered goods)

    OJ C 38, 1.2.2016, p. 51–51 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    1.2.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 38/51


    Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2015 — Sony Computer Entertainment Europe v OHIM — Marpefa (Vieta)

    (Case T-690/14) (1)

    ((Community trade mark - Revocation proceedings - Community figurative mark Vieta - Genuine use of the mark - Nature of use - Article 15(1) and Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark - Proof of use for the registered goods))

    (2016/C 038/66)

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)

    Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervening before the General Court: Marpefa, SL (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: I. Barroso Sánchez-Lafuente, lawyer)

    Re:

    Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 2 July 2014 (Case R 2100/2013-2), relating to revocation proceedings between Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Marpefa, SL.

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 2 July 2014 (Case R 2100/2013-2) in so far as it dismissed the appeal against the decision of the Cancellation Division to reject the application for the revocation of the Community figurative mark Vieta for ‘apparatus for the reproduction of sound and images’;

    2.

    Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

    3.

    Orders each party to bear its own costs.


    (1)  OJ C 431, 1.12.2014.


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