15.2.2014

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 45/36

(Case T-607/13)

2014/C 45/62

Language in which the application was lodged: Czech

Parties

Applicant: Granette & Starorežná Distilleries a.s. (Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic) (represented by: T. Chleboun, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Bacardi Co. Ltd (Vaduz, Liechtenstein)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—join the proceedings in this case to the proceedings in Case T-435/12;

—dismiss the action brought by the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal against the defendant’s decision of 9 July 2012 in Case R 2100/2011-2 (Case T-435/12);

—alter the defendant’s decision of 16 September 2013 in Case R 1605/2012-2 so as to reject the form of order sought by the other party to the proceedings No B 1753550 against the application for the Community trade mark ‘42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol’;

—order the defendant and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to pay the applicant’s costs in the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Applicant for a Community trade mark: Granette & Starorežná Distilleries

Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark containing the word elements ‘42 VODKA JEMNÁ VODKA VYRÁBĚNÁ JEDINEČNOU TECHNOLOGIÍ 42 % vol.’

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Bacardi Co. Ltd

Mark or sign cited in opposition: International and national trade mark containing the word element ‘42 BELOW’

Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation