Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 16.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 296/36 |

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Action brought on 22 June 2016 — Versace 19.69 Abbigliamento Sportivo v EUIPO — Gianni Versace (VERSACCINO)

(Case T-337/16)

(2016/C 296/46)

Language in which the application was lodged: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Versace 19.69 Abbigliamento Sportivo Srl (Busto Arsizio, Italy) (represented by: F. Caricato, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Gianni Versace SpA (Milan, Italy)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark containing the word element ‘VERSACCINO’ — Application for registration No 11 957 685

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 April 2016 in Case R 1172/2015-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | uphold the present action; |

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| — | annul the contested decision and, consequently, register mark No 11 957 685 in respect of all the goods claimed, without prejudice to those already granted; |

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| — | order the other party to pay the costs. |

Plea in law

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| — | The applicant maintains that the decision of 6 April 2016 is undermined from the outset and is vitiated by the scant examination of the evidence, and especially by a superficial examination of the marks as regards the confusion of the Italian language to which EUIPO appears to make reference. |

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