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Document 62005TJ0137

    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 16 May 2007.
    Gruppo La Perla SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Cancellation proceedings - Community word mark NIMEI LA PERLA MODERN CLASSIC - Earlier national figurative and word marks la PERLA and LA PERLA PARFUMS - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 40/94.
    Case T-137/05.

    Izvješća Suda EU-a 2007 II-00047*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2007:142

    Date of document:
    16/05/2007
    Date lodged:
    01/04/2005
    Author:
    Opći sud
    Country or organisation from which the request originates:
    Italija
    Form:
    Presuda
    Authentic language:
    talijanski
    Type of procedure:
    Tužba za poništenje - zahtjev usvojen
    Applicant:
    Građanin
    Defendant:
    Ured Europske unije za intelektualno vlasništvo, Institucije i tijela EU-a
    Judge-Rapporteur:
    Tiili
    Treaty:
    Ugovor o osnivanju Europske ekonomske zajednice
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    Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 16 May 2007 – La Perla v OHIM – Worldgem Brands (NIMEI LA PERLA MODERN CLASSIC)

    (Case T-137/05)

    Community trade mark – Cancellation proceedings – Community word mark NIMEI LA PERLA MODERN CLASSIC – Earlier national figurative and word marks la PERLA and LA PERLA PARFUMS – Relative ground for refusal – Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Article 8(5) of Regulation No 40/94

    Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(5)) (see para. 51)

    Re:

    APPEAL lodged against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 January 2005 (Case R 537/2004-1) relating to cancellation proceedings between Gruppo La Perla SpA and Worldgem Brands – Gestão e Investimentos L da .

    Information relating to the case

    Registered Community trade mark of which cancellation sought:

    Word mark NIMEI LA PERLA MODERN CLASSIC for goods in Class 14 – Application No 713446

    Proprietor of the contested Community trade mark:

    Worldgem Brands – Gestão e Investimentos Lda, formerly Cielo Brands – Gestão e Investimentos Lda

    Party applying for cancellation:

    Gruppo La Perla SpA

    Trade marks of the applicant for cancellation:

    Italian marks:

    la PERLA, for goods in Class 25 – Figurative mark No 769526;

    LA PERLA PARFUMS, for goods in Class 3 – Word mark No 776082;

    la PERLA, for goods in Classes 3, 9, 14, 16, 18, 24, 25 and 35 – Figurative mark No 804992;

    la PERLA for goods in Class 3 – Figurative mark No GE 2002 C 000181

    Decision of the Cancellation Division:

    Application upheld; Community trade mark cancelled

    Decision of the Board of Appeal:

    Appeal allowed: decision of the Cancellation Division set aside


    Operative part

    The Court:

     

    Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 25 January 2005 (Case R537/2004-1);

     

    Orders the intervener to bear its own costs and to bear one third of the applicant’s costs;

     

    Orders the applicant to bear two thirds of its own costs;

     

    Orders OHIM to bear its own costs.

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