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    Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 March 2012.
    Giorgio Armani SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark AJ AMICI JUNIOR - Earlier national figurative mark AJ ARMANI JEANS - Earlier national word mark ARMANI JUNIOR - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
    Case T-420/10.

    Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2012:156





    Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 March 2012 — Armani v OHIM – Del Prete (AJ AMICI JUNIOR)

    (Case T-420/10)

    Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark AJ AMICI JUNIOR — Earlier national figurative mark AJ ARMANI JEANS — Earlier national word mark ARMANI JUNIOR — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

    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 registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 32-35)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 July 2010 (Case R 1360/2009-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Giorgio Armani SpA and Ms Annunziata Del Prete.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 8 July 2010 (Case R 1360/2009-2);

    2.

    Orders OHIM and Ms Annunziata Del Prete each to pay half of the costs incurred by Giorgio Armani SpA before the Board of Appeal;

    3.

    Orders OHIM and Ms Del Prete to bear their own costs and each to pay half of the costs incurred by Giorgio Armani before the Court.

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