Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2010 - Muñoz Arraiza v OHIM - Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Calificada Rioja (RIOJAVINA)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark RIOJAVINA - Earlier Community collective figurative mark RIOJA - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Félix Muñoz Arraiza (Logroño, Spain) (represented by: J. Grimau Muñoz and J. Villamor Muguerza, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: J.F. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court: Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Calificada Rioja (Logroño) (represented by: J.I. Martínez De Torre, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 January 2009 (Case R 721/2008-2) concerning opposition proceedings between the Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Calificada Rioja and Félix Muñoz Arraiza.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the application;
2. Orders Félix Muñoz Arraiza to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 153, 4.7.2009.