Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:406
Date: 2017-06-20
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 20 June 2017 — Industrie Aeronautiche Reggiane v EUIPO (NSU) (Case T-541/15) 1 (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark NSU — Prior national word mark NSU — Relative ground for refusal — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Industrie Aeronautiche Reggiane Srl (Reggio Emilia, Italy) (represented by: M. Gurrado, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. Kunz, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 July 2015 (Case R 2132/2014-2) concerning opposition proceedings between Audi and Industrie Aeronautiche Reggiane. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Industrie Aeronautiche Reggiane to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 381, 16.11.2015.