Judgment of the General Court of 13 April 2011 - Sociedad Agricola Requingua v OHIM - Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro (TORO DE PIEDRA)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community word mark TORO DE PIEDRA - Earlier Community figurative mark D. ORIGEN TORO - Relative ground for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Right to be heard - Obligation to state the reasons on which a decision is based - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Sociedad Agricola Requingua Ltda (Santiago, Chile) (represented by: E. Vorbuchner, C. Ley and M. Heidelberg, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro (Toro, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2009 (Case R 1117/2008-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Toro and Sociedad Agricola Requingua Ltda.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Sociedad Agricola Requingua Ltda to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.