Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:424
Date: 2018-07-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2018 — Enoitalia SpA v EUIPO —La Rural Viñedos y Bodegas (ANTONIO RUBINI) (Case T-707/16) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark ANTONIO RUBINI — Earlier EU figurative mark RUTINI — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Enoitalia SpA (Calmasino di Bardolino, Italy) (represented by: S. Rizzo, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Zaera Cuadrado, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: La Rural Viñedos y Bodegas SA Ltda (Capital Federal, Argentina). Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 June 2016 (Case R 1085/2015-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between La Rural Viñedos y Bodegas and Enoitalia. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Enoitalia SpA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 419, 14.11.2016.