Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:92
Date: 2016-02-23
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Action brought on 26 May 2015 — Pirelli Tyre v OHIM (Tyres for vehicle wheels, pneumatic) (Case T-279/15) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Pirelli Tyre SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: D. Caneva and G. Fucci, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) Details of the proceedings before OHIM Design at issue: Community design (Tyres for vehicle wheels, pneumatic) — Community design No 4 692-0001 Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 January 2015 in Case R 1285/2014-3 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; grant the application for restitutio in integrum made by Pirelli Tyre SpA in accordance with Article 67 of Regulation No 6/2002/EC on Community designs, by declaring that the payment of the renewal fee relating to the second five-year period by way of a withdrawal from current account No 000069 under the name of Bugnion SpA is lawful and that, therefore, the right to the design at issue is still valid; order OHIM to pay the costs incurred by Pirelli Tyre SpA in the present proceedings. Plea in law Infringement of Article 67 of Regulation No 6/2002/EC on Community designs. ____________