Judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2015 — Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia v OHIM — Hautrive (COLOMBIANO HOUSE)
(Case T-387/13) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark COLOMBIANO HOUSE — Earlier protected geographical indication Café de Colombia — Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (Bogota, Colombia) (represented by: A. Pomares Caballero and M. Pomares Caballero, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Bertoli and Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Nadine Hélène Jeanne Hautrive (Chatou, France) (represented by: J. Beaumont, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 May 2013 (Case R 757/2012-5) relating to opposition proceedings between the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia and Nadine Hélène Jeanne Hautrive.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 17 May 2013 (Case R 757/2012-5);
Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia;
Orders Ms Nadine Hélène Jeanne Hautrive to bear her own costs.
____________1 OJ C 274, 21.9.2013.