Judgment of the General Court of 1 March 2016 — Advance Magazine Publishers v OHIM — Selecciones Americanas (VOGUE CAFÉ)

(Case T-40/09) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Community word mark VOGUE CAFÉ — Earlier national figurative marks Vogue and VOGUE studio and application for the Community figurative mark VOGUE — Genuine use of earlier marks — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. (New York, United States) (represented by: T. Alkin, Barrister)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially R. Pethke and D. Botis, and subsequently I. Harrington, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Selecciones Americanas, SA (Sitges, Spain)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 November 2008 (Case R 0280/2008-4) relating to opposition proceedings between Selecciones Americanas, SA and Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Declares that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 November 2008 (Case R 0280/2008-4), in so far as it concludes that there is a likelihood of confusion between the Community trade mark applied for, VOGUE CAFÉ, and the Spanish figurative mark VOGUE studio registered under number 2529728;

Dismisses the remainder of the action;

Orders Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 82, 4.4.2009.