Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 16 September 2010 – Dominio de la Vega v OHIM

(Case C‑459/09 P)

Appeal – Community trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Article 8(1)(b) – Application for Community figurative mark DOMINIO DE LA VEGA – Earlier Community figurative mark PALACIO DE LA VEGA – Existence of a likelihood of confusion in part of the territory of the European Union – Assessment of the similarity between the marks – Dominant element

1.                     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 (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 31-32, 51, 64-65)

2.                     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 – Earlier mark consisting of a Community trade mark – Refusal of registration where there is an absolute ground for refusal even if it obtains in only part of the Community (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see para. 30)

3.                     Appeals – Grounds – Mistaken assessment of the facts – 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), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see para. 44)

Re:

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