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Document 62005TJ0096

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 4 October 2006.
Monte di Massima SAS di Pruneddu Leonardo & C. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition procedure - Application for figurative Community trade mark Valle della Luna - Earlier national figurative mark VALLE DE LA LUNA - Proof of use of the earlier mark - Article 15(2)(a), and Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
Case T-96/05.

European Court Reports 2006 II-00081*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2006:293





Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 4 October 2006 – Monte di Massima v OHIM – Höfferle Internationale (Valle della Luna)

(Case T-96/05)

Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Application for figurative Community trade mark Valle della Luna – Earlier national figurative mark VALLE DE LA LUNA – Proof of use of the earlier mark – Article 15(2)(a), and Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

Community trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Proof of use of the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 15(1) and 43(2) and (3)) (see paras 26-27)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 November 2004 (Case R 269/2004-1), concerning opposition proceedings between Monte di Massima SAS di Pruneddu Leonardo & C. and J.M. Höfferle Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH.

Information relating to the case

Applicant for the Community trade mark:

Monte di Massima SAS di Pruneddu Leonardo & C.

Community trade mark sought:

Figurative mark Valle della Luna for goods in Class 32 – Application No 2029726

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings:

J.M. Höfferle Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH

Mark or sign cited in opposition:

German nominative mark VALLE DE LA LUNA for goods in Class 33

Decision of the Opposition Division:

Opposition dismissed

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Appeal allowed


Operative part

The Court:

 

Dismisses the action;

 

Orders the applicant to pay the costs incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) and by the intervener.

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