Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-56/16 PEuropean Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP
- Decided
- 2017-09-14
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2017:693
- CELEX
- 62016CJ0056
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) and (2)(d) — EU word mark PORT CHARLOTTE — Application for a declaration of invalidity of that mark — Protection conferred on the earlier designations of origin ‘Porto’ and ‘Port’ under Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and under national law — Exhaustive nature of the protection conferred on those designations of origin — Article 118m of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 — Concepts of ‘use’ and ‘evocation’ of a protected designation of origin.
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