Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 May 2013 — Moselland v OHIM — Renta Siete (DIVINUS)

(Case T‑214/10)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark DIVINUS — Earlier national figurative mark MOSELLAND Divinum — Existence, validity and extent of the protection of the earlier right — Proof

1.                     Judicial proceedings — Introduction of new pleas during the proceedings — Conditions — Amplification of an existing plea — Lawfulness (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 48(2), first para.) (see para. 69)

2.                     Community trade mark — Proceedings before the OHIM authorities — Transmission of communications to the Office — Transmission by fax — Communication incomplete or illegible (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 80(2)) (see paras 76-78)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 February 2010 (Case R 1204/2009-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Moselland eG — Winzergenossenschaft and Renta Siete, SL.

Operative part

The Court:

1. 1. Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 22 February 2010 (Case R 1204/2009-2);

2. 2. Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Moselland eG — Winzergenossenschaft for the purposes of the proceedings before the General Court and before the Board of Appeal.