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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2010. # Sociedade Quinta do Portal, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE - Earlier national word mark VISTA ALEGRE - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-369/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2010.
Sociedade Quinta do Portal, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE - Earlier national word mark VISTA ALEGRE - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-369/09.
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2010.
Sociedade Quinta do Portal, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE - Earlier national word mark VISTA ALEGRE - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-369/09.
Izvješća Suda EU-a 2010 II-00174*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2010:362
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 September 2010 – Quinta do Portal v OHIM – Vallegre (PORTO ALEGRE)
(Case T-369/09)
Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE – Earlier national word mark VISTA ALEGRE – Relative grounds for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds of invalidity – Registration contrary to Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 53(1)(a)) (see paras 19, 30)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2009 (Case R 1012/2008-1) concerning invalidity proceedings between Vallegre, Vinhos do Porto, SA and Sociedade Quinta do Portal SA. |
Information relating to the case
Registered Community trade mark of which cancellation sought: |
Word mark PORTO ALEGRE for goods in Class 33 |
Proprietor of the Community trade mark: |
Sociedade Quinta do Portal, SA |
Party requesting the declaration of invalidity of the Community trade mark: |
Vallegre, Vinhos do Porto, SA |
Trade mark of the party seeking cancellation: |
Earlier Portuguese word mark VISTA ALEGRE for goods in Class 33 |
Decision of the Cancellation Division: |
Community word mark PORTO ALEGRE declared invalid |
Decision of the Board of Appeal: |
Appeal dismissed |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders Sociedade Quinta do Portal SA to pay the costs. |