11.1.2016
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 7/27
Judgment of the General Court of 18 November 2015 — Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP v OHIM — Bruichladdich Distillery (PORT CHARLOTTE)
(Case T-659/14) (1)
((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark PORT CHARLOTTE - Earlier designations of origin ‘porto’ and ‘port’ - Grounds for invalidity - Article 52(1)(a), Article 53(1)(c) and (2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 7(1)(c) and (g) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Article 8(4) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Article 118m(2) of Regulation (EC) No 491/2009))
(2016/C 007/37)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP (Peso de Régua, Portugal) (represented by: P. Sousa e Silva, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Bruichladdich Distillery Co. Ltd (Argyll, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Harvard Duclos, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 July 2014 (Case R 946/2013-4) relating to invalidity proceedings between Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP and Bruichladdich Distillery Co. Ltd.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 8 July 2014 (Case R 946/2013-4) relating to invalidity proceedings between Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP and Bruichladdich Distillery Co. Ltd;
2.
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.
Orders OHIM to pay the costs, including those incurred in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal;
4.
Orders Bruichladdich Distillery to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 388, 3.11.2014.
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