Judgment of the General Court of 22 June 2010 - Montero Padilla v OHIM - Padilla Requena (JOSE PADILLA)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community word mark JOSE PADILLA - Earlier marks and sign JOSE PADILLA - Relative grounds for refusal - No well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention or trade mark with a reputation - Article 8(2)(c) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(2)(c) and Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - No earlier sign used in the course of trade - Article 8(4) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 8(4) of Regulation No 207/2009))
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Eugenia Montero Padilla (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: initially G. Aguillaume Gandasegui and P. Linde Puelles, and subsequently A. Salerno and M. Di Stefano, 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, intervening before the General Court: José María Padilla Requena (Santa Eulalia, Spain) (represented by: J.F. Gallego Jiménez and J.R. Gil Cantons, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 March 2008 (Case R 516/2007-2), concerning opposition proceedings between Eugenia Montero Padilla and José María Padilla Requena
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Eugenia Montero Padilla to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) and by José María Padilla Requena.
____________1 - OJ C 209, 15.8.2008.