27.7.2015
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 245/33
Action brought on 21 May 2015 — Speciality Drinks v OHIM — William Grant (CLAN)
(Case T-250/15)
(2015/C 245/39)
Language in which the application was lodged: English
Parties
Applicant: Speciality Drinks Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: G. Pritchard, Barrister)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: William Grant & Sons Ltd (Dufftown, United Kingdom)
Details of the proceedings before OHIM
Applicant: Applicant
Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘CLAN’ — Application for registration No 10 025 815
Procedure before OHIM: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 March 2015 in Case R 220/2014-1
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the contested decision and dismiss the opposition;
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order that a costs award be made in the favour of the applicant and/or that the costs order of the First Board of Appeal be reversed.
Pleas in law
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The Board of Appeal erred in its characterisation of the level of attention of the ‘relevant consumer’ within the meaning of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;
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The Board of Appeal failed to decide whether CLAN, when used in conjunction with MACGREGOR, was a fancy (i.e. meaningless) word to the relevant consumer or, in the alternative, was a word with a meaning they understood;
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The Board of Appeal did not assess the similarity of marks on the correct legal and/or factual basis;
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The Board of Appeal did not assess the likelihood of confusion on the correct legal and/or factual basis.
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