Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2021:893
Date: 2021-12-15
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 15 December 2021 – Rotondaro v EUIPO – Pollini (COLLINI) (Case T-69/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark COLLINI – Earlier EU and national word marks POLLINI and STUDIO POLLINI – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Carmine Rotondaro (Monaco, Monaco) (represented by: M. Locatelli, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Pollini SpA (Gatteo, Italy) (represented by: F. Sanna, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 December 2020 (Case R 2518/2019-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Pollini and Mr Rotondaro. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Carmine Rotondaro to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 98, 22.3.2021.