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Document 62016TN0024

    Case T-24/16: Action brought on 21 January 2016 — Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods v OHIM — Mueloliva (FONTOLIVA)

    OJ C 106, 21.3.2016, p. 38–39 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    21.3.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 106/38


    Action brought on 21 January 2016 — Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods v OHIM — Mueloliva (FONTOLIVA)

    (Case T-24/16)

    (2016/C 106/44)

    Language in which the application was lodged: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Sovena Portugal — Consumer Goods, SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: D. Martins Pereira, lawyer)

    Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mueloliva, SL (Cordoba, Spain)

    Details of the proceedings before OHIM

    Applicant: Applicant

    Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark ‘FONTOLIVA’ — International registration No 1 107 792 designating the European Union

    Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings

    Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 November 2015 in Case R 1813/2014-2

    Form of order sought

    The applicant claims that the Court should:

    admit this action;

    dismiss the contested decision in its entirety;

    rectify the contested decision, based on the grounds in this action and declare the granting of protection to International Trademark No 1 107 792 FONTOLIVA in respect of the European Union;

    condemn OHIM in the incurred expenses by the applicant, including the expenses made in the case which run with OHIM;

    condemn the other party in the case to bear the applicant’s costs in the OHIM proceedings.

    Pleas in law

    Lapse of earlier Spanish trademark No 780 071 FUENOLIVA;

    Insufficiency of the evidence of genuine use of earlier trademark;

    Inexistence of likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) CTMR;

    Existence of two earlier trademarks FONTOLIVA in Spain.


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