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Document 62009TJ0369

    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.

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