Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:122
Date: 2020-03-26
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2020 — Armani v EUIPO — Asunción (le Sac 11) (Case T-654/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark le sac 11 — Earlier national word mark LESAC and earlier national figurative marks lesac — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 47(2) and (3) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Giorgio Armani SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: S. Martínez-Almeida y Alejos-Pita, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Felipe Domingo Asunción (Madrid, Spain) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 August 2018 (Case R 2464/2017-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Asunción and Giorgio Armani. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Giorgio Armani SpA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 25, 21.1.2019.