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Document 62007TJ0458

    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 16 September 2009.
    Dominio de la Vega, SL v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark DOMINIO DE LA VEGA - Earlier Community figurative mark PALACIO DE LA VEGA - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).
    Case T-458/07.

    European Court Reports 2009 II-00158*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2009:337





    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Seventh Chamber) of 16 September 2009 – Dominio de la Vega v OHIM – Ambrosio Velasco (DOMINIO DE LA VEGA)

    (Case T-458/07)

    Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for Community figurative mark DOMINIO DE LA VEGA – Earlier Community figurative mark PALACIO DE LA VEGA – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

    Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 26-29, 45-55)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 October 2007 (Case R 1431/2006-2) relating to opposition proceedings between Ambrosio Velasco, SA and Dominio de la Vega, SL.

    Information relating to the case

    Applicant for the Community trade mark:

    Dominio de la Vega, SL

    Community trade mark sought:

    Figurative mark DOMINIO DE LA VEGA for goods in Classes 33, 42 and 43 – Application No 2789576

    Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:

    Ambrosio Velasco, SA

    Mark or sign cited in opposition:

    Figurative Community trade mark PALACIO DE LA VEGA for goods in Class 33 – Application No 78147

    Decision of the Opposition Division:

    Opposition upheld for all those goods, in Class 33, against which it was directed, and rejection of the application for those goods

    Decision of the Board of Appeal:

    Appeal dismissed


    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders Dominio de la Vega, SL to pay the costs.

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