26.8.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 288/48
Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2019 — Bodegas Altún v EUIPO — Codorníu (ANA DE ALTUN)
(Case T-334/18) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark ANA DE ALTUN - Earlier national figurative mark ANNA - Relative ground for refusal - Reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
(2019/C 288/61)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Bodegas Altún, SL (Baños de Ebro, Spain) (represented by: J. Oria Sousa-Montes, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Codorníu, SA (Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain) (represented initially by: M. Ceballos Rodríguez and J. Güell Serra, lawyers, and subsequently by M. Ceballos Rodríguez and E. Stoyanov Edissonov, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 March 2018 (Case R 173/2018-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Codorníu and Bodegas Altún.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 14 March 2018 (Case R 173/2018-1);
2.
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay one half of the costs incurred by Bodegas Altún, SL;
3.
Orders Codorníu, SA to bear its own costs and to pay one half of the costs incurred by Bodegas Altún.
(1) OJ C 249, 16.7.2018.