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Document 62006TJ0010

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 11 December 2007.
Portela & Companhia, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for figurative Community trade mark Bial - Earlier national word mark BIAL - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Proof of existence of the earlier mark - Coexistence of earlier marks - Plea amending subject-matter of the proceedings - Evidence presented for the first time before the Court of First Instance - Costs incurred before the Opposition Division.
Case T-10/06.

European Court Reports 2007 II-00166*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2007:371





Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 11 December 2007 – Portela & Companhia v OHMI – Torrens Cuadrado et Sanz (Bial)

(Case T-10/06)

Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for figurative Community trade mark Bial – Earlier national word mark BIAL – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Proof of existence of the earlier mark – Coexistence of earlier marks – Plea amending subject-matter of the proceedings – Evidence presented for the first time before the Court of First Instance – Costs incurred before the Opposition Division

1.                     Community trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Proof of registration or filing of the earlier mark (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Rule 16(2)) (see para. 34)

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 – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (see para. 76)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 September 2005 (Case R 897/2004-1) concerning opposition proceedings between (a) Juan Torrens Cuadrado and Josep Gilbert Sanz and (b) Portela & Companhia, SA.

Information relating to the case

Applicant for the Community trade mark:

Portela & Companhia, SA

Community trade mark sought:

Figurative mark Bial – Application No 1400183

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

Juan Torrens Cuadrado and Josep Gilbert Sanz

Mark or sign cited in opposition:

Spanish word mark BIAL

Decision of the Opposition Division:

Opposition partially upheld

Decision of the Board of Appeal:

Decision of the Opposition Division confirmed in its entirety


Operative part

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 14 September 2005 (Case R 897/2004-1) in so far as it orders the applicant to pay the sum of EUR 600 towards the costs incurred by Mr Torrens Cuadrado and Mr Gilbert Sanz for the opposition proceedings;

2.

Dismisses the remainder of the application;

3.

Orders Portela & Companhia, SA to pay, in addition to its own costs, half the costs incurred by OHIM.

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