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.

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(1)  OJ C 249, 16.7.2018.