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9.11.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 371/24 |
Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2015 — Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia v OHIM — Accelerate (COLOMBIANO COFFEE HOUSE)
(Case T-359/14) (1)
((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark COLOMBIANO COFFEE HOUSE - Earlier protected geographical indication Café de Colombia - Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2015/C 371/27)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (Bogota, Colombia) (represented by: A. Pomares Caballero and M. Pomares Caballero, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Accelerate s.a.l. (Beirut, Lebanon)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 March 2014 (Case R 1200/2013-5) relating to invalidity proceedings between the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia and Accelerate s.a.l.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 27 March 2014 (Case R 1200/2013-5) in so far as it rejected the application for a declaration of invalidity; |
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Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia. |