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Document 62010TJ0152

    Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2011.
    El Corte Inglés, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark ALIA - Earlier Community figurative mark ALAÏA PARIS - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
    Case T-152/10.

    European Court Reports 2011 II-00435*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:715



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    Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 December 2011 – El Corte Inglés v OHIM – Azzedine Alaïa (ALIA)

    (Case T-152/10)

    Community trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the Community word mark ALIA – Earlier Community figurative mark ALAÏA PARIS – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

    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 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 19-20, 59)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 February 2010 (Case R 924/2008-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Azzedine Alaïa and El Corte Inglés, SA.

    Operative part

    The Court:

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    Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 3 February 2010 (Case R 924/2008-4) in so far as the Board of Appeal excluded the goods in Class 3 corresponding to the description ‘Perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics, hair lotions; dentifrices’ from its analysis of the likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue;

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    Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

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    Orders El Corte Inglés, SA, OHIM and Mr Azzedine Alaïa each to bear their own costs.

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