Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2011 - Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana v OHIM - Sotelo Ares (ROSALIA DE CASTRO)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark ROSALIA DE CASTRO - Earlier national word mark ROSALIA - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the goods - Assessment of the conceptual similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana, S. Coop. Galega (Meaño, Spain) (represented by: E. Sánchez-Quiñones González, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: María Constantina Sotelo Ares (Cambados, Spain) (represented by: C. Lema Devesa, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 July 2010 (Case R 1804/2008-4), relating to opposition proceedings between María Constantina Sotelo Ares and Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana, S. Coop. Galega.
Operative part of the judgment
The General Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana, S. Coop. Galega to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.