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Case T-165/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2009 — Fiorucci v OHIM — Edwin (ELIO FIORUCCI) (Community trade mark — Invalidity and revocation proceedings — Community word mark ELIO FIORUCCI — Registration of the name of a well-known person as a trade mark — Article 52(2)(a) and Article 50(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

IO C 153, 4.7.2009, p. 34–34 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

4.7.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 153/34


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 May 2009 — Fiorucci v OHIM — Edwin (ELIO FIORUCCI)

(Case T-165/06) (1)

(Community trade mark - Invalidity and revocation proceedings - Community word mark ELIO FIORUCCI - Registration of the name of a well-known person as a trade mark - Article 52(2)(a) and Article 50(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

2009/C 153/65

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Elio Fiorucci (Milan, Italy) (represented by: A. Vanzetti, G. Sironi and F. Rossi, Lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: O. Montalto and L. Rampini, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Edwin Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: D. Rigatti, M. Bertani, S. Verea, K. Muraro and M. Balestriero, Lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 April 2006 (Decision R 238/2005-1) concerning invalidity and revocation proceedings between Mr Elio Fiorucci and Edwin Co. Ltd.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 6 April 2006 (Case R 238/2005-1) in so far as it contains an error of law in the interpretation of Article 8(3) of the Codice della Proprietà Industriale (Italian Industrial Property Code);

2.

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.

Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and two thirds of the costs incurred by Mr Elio Fiorucci;

4.

Orders Edwin Co. Ltd to pay its own costs and one third of those incurred by Mr Elio Fiorucci.


(1)  OJ C 190, 12.8.2006.


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