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Case T-152/10: Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2011 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Azzedine Alaïa (ALIA) (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: Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2011 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Azzedine Alaïa (ALIA) (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: Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2011 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Azzedine Alaïa (ALIA) (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)
OJ C 25, 28.1.2012, p. 49–49
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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28.1.2012 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 25/49 |
Judgment of the General Court of 7 December 2011 — El Corte Inglés v OHIM — Azzedine Alaïa (ALIA)
(Case T-152/10) (1)
(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)
(2012/C 25/94)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo, M.E. López Camba and E. Seijo Veiguela, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: R. Pethke, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Azzedine Alaïa (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Holah, lawyer)
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 of the judgment
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. |