Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 6 December 2018

J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos SA v Adega Cooperativa de Borba CRL

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Trade mark law — Directive 2008/95/EC — Article 3(1)(c) — Grounds for invalidity — Word marks which consist exclusively of signs or indications which may serve in trade to designate the characteristics of goods or services — Other characteristics of goods or services — Production facility for a product — Word mark composed of a sign designating wine products and of a geographical name, constituting a word element of the trade mark proprietor’s business name

Case C-629/17


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
18/01/2019 J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:988		 06/12/2018 J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:988		 06/12/2018 J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
12/01/2018 J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.09 Harmonised intellectual property rights
      4.11.09.01 Trade marks
        4.11.09.01.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.09 Harmonised intellectual property rights
      4.11.09.01 Trade marks
        4.11.09.01.01 Absolute grounds for refusal


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 18/10/2017

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

06/12/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 44 from 04.02.2019, p.4

Application: OJ C 32 from 29.01.2018, p.13

Name of the parties

J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supremo Tribunal de Justiça - Portugal

Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Vilaras

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • Portuguese

Language(s) of the Opinion

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