Judgment of the General Court of 27 February 2014 — Pêra-Grave v OHIM — Fundação Eugénio de Almeida (QTA S. JOSÉ DE PERAMANCA)
(Case T-602/11) 1
(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark QTA S. JOSÉ DE PERAMANCA — Earlier national figurative marks VINHO PERA-MANCA TINTO, VINHO PERA-MANCA BRANCO and PÊRA-MANCA — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Pêra-Grave — Sociedade Agrícola, Unipessoal Lda (Evora, Portugal) (represented by: J. de Oliveira Vaz Miranda Sousa, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Fundação Eugénio de Almeida (Evora) (represented by: B. Braga da Cruz and J. Pimenta, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 September 2011 (Case R 1797/2010-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Fundação Eugénio de Almeida and Pêra-Grave — Sociedade Agrícola, Unipessoal Lda.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Pêra-Grave — Sociedade Agrícola, Unipessoal Lda to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Fundação Eugénio de Almeida for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
____________1 OJ C 32, 4.2.2012.