This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 62006TA0010
Case T-10/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 December 2007 — Portela & Companhia v OHIM — Torrens Cuadrado and Gilbert Sanz (Bial) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark Bial — Earlier national word mark BIAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Proof of existence of the earlier mark — Coexistence of earlier marks — Plea amending subject matter of the proceedings — Evidence presented for the first time before the Court of First Instance — Costs incurred before the Opposition Division)
Case T-10/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 December 2007 — Portela & Companhia v OHIM — Torrens Cuadrado and Gilbert Sanz (Bial) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark Bial — Earlier national word mark BIAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Proof of existence of the earlier mark — Coexistence of earlier marks — Plea amending subject matter of the proceedings — Evidence presented for the first time before the Court of First Instance — Costs incurred before the Opposition Division)
Case T-10/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 December 2007 — Portela & Companhia v OHIM — Torrens Cuadrado and Gilbert Sanz (Bial) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for figurative Community trade mark Bial — Earlier national word mark BIAL — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Proof of existence of the earlier mark — Coexistence of earlier marks — Plea amending subject matter of the proceedings — Evidence presented for the first time before the Court of First Instance — Costs incurred before the Opposition Division)
IO C 22, 26.1.2008, p. 43–43
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
26.1.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 22/43 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 11 December 2007 — Portela & Companhia v OHIM — Torrens Cuadrado and Gilbert Sanz (Bial)
(Case T-10/06) (1)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community trade mark Bial - Earlier national word mark BIAL - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Proof of existence of the earlier mark - Coexistence of earlier marks - Plea amending subject matter of the proceedings - Evidence presented for the first time before the Court of First Instance - Costs incurred before the Opposition Division)
(2008/C 22/79)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Parties
Applicant: Portela & Companhia, SA (S. Mamede do Coronado, Portugal) (represented by: J. Conceição Pimenta, Lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Novais Gonçalves, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance: Juan Torrens Cuadrado and Josep Gilbert Sanz (Gava, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 September 2005 (Case R 897/2004-1) concerning opposition proceedings between (a) Juan Torrens Cuadrado and Josep Gilbert Sanz and (b) Portela & Companhia, SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 14 September 2005 (Case R 897/2004-1) in so far as it orders the applicant to pay the sum of EUR 600 towards the costs incurred by Mr Torrens Cuadrado and Mr Gilbert Sanz for the opposition proceedings. |
2. |
Dismisses the remainder of the application. |
3. |
Orders Portela & Companhia, SA to pay, in addition to its own costs, half the costs incurred by OHIM. |