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Document 62014CO0142
The Sunrider Corporation v OHIM
The Sunrider Corporation v OHIM
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 June 2015 —
The Sunrider Corporation v OHIM
(Case C‑142/14 P) 1 ( 1 )
‛Appeal — Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of word mark SUN FRESH — Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier Community word mark SUNNY FRESH — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods covered by the marks at issue — Right to be heard — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 8(1)(b), 75 and 76’
1. |
Appeals — Grounds — Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts put before the General Court — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted — Review of the legal classification given to the facts of the dispute — Included (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 47, 56) |
2. |
Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 48-52, 57, 60, 114) |
3. |
Community trade mark — Procedural provisions — Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion — Scope — No obligation to prove matters within common knowledge — Dispute before the General Court — Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment by the General Court of whether matters were within common knowledge — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 76) (see paras 65) |
4. |
Appeals — Grounds — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility — Arguments consisting of a mere amplification of a plea relied on in the application— Admissibility (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 74, 75) |
5. |
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 — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 102, 108) |
6. |
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 — Similarity between the goods or services in question — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see para. 118) |
Operative part
1. |
The appeal is dismissed. |
2. |
The Sunrider Corporation is ordered to pay the costs. |
( 1 ) OJ C 212, 7.7.2014.
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 June 2015 —
The Sunrider Corporation v OHIM
(Case C‑142/14 P) 1 ( 1 )
‛Appeal — Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for registration of word mark SUN FRESH — Opposition by the proprietor of the earlier Community word mark SUNNY FRESH — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the goods covered by the marks at issue — Right to be heard — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 8(1)(b), 75 and 76’
1. |
Appeals — Grounds — Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts put before the General Court — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted — Review of the legal classification given to the facts of the dispute — Included (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 47, 56) |
2. |
Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 48-52, 57, 60, 114) |
3. |
Community trade mark — Procedural provisions — Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion — Scope — No obligation to prove matters within common knowledge — Dispute before the General Court — Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment by the General Court of whether matters were within common knowledge — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 76) (see paras 65) |
4. |
Appeals — Grounds — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility — Arguments consisting of a mere amplification of a plea relied on in the application— Admissibility (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 74, 75) |
5. |
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 — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 102, 108) |
6. |
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 — Similarity between the goods or services in question — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see para. 118) |
Operative part
1. |
The appeal is dismissed. |
2. |
The Sunrider Corporation is ordered to pay the costs. |
( 1 ) OJ C 212, 7.7.2014.