Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2010 - Inditex v OHIM - Marín Díaz de Cerio (OFTEN)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark OFTEN - Earlier national word mark OLTEN - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Similarity of the goods - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Subject-matter of the dispute before the Board of Appeal - Articles 61 and 62 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Articles 63 and 64 of Regulation No 207/2009))
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Industria de Diseño Textil (Inditex), SA (Arteixo, Spain) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri and A. Castán Pérez-Gómez, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: O. Mondéjar Ortuño, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Roberto Fernando Marín Díaz de Cerio (Logroño, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 April 2008 (Case R 484/2007-2) in opposition proceedings between Roberto Fernando Marín Díaz de Cerio and Industria de Diseño Textil (Inditex), SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Industria de Diseño Textil (Inditex), SA to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 236, 13.9.2008.