Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:73
Date: 2019-02-08
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Italy

Action brought on 22 September 2017 — Serendipity and Others v EUIPO — CKL Holdings (CHIARA FERRAGNI) (Case T-647/17) Language in which the application was lodged: Italian Parties Applicant: Serendipity Srl (Milan, Italy), Giuseppe Morgese (Barletta, Italy), Pasquale Morgese (Barletta) (represented by: C. Volpi and L. Aliotta, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: CKL Holdings NV (CV Bussum, Netherlands) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark containing the word elements ‘CHIARA FERRAGNI’in black and sky blue — Registration application No 14 346 795 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 July 2017 in Case R 2444/2016-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Seniority of earlier European Union trade mark No 011841582 ‘Chiara Ferrangni’ filed on 25 June 2013, registered on 10 October 2013; Incorrect comparison of the marks at issue; Incorrect global assessment of the likelihood of confusion. ____________