CELEX: 62011TA0143
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-143/11: Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2012 — Consorzio vino Chianti Classico v OHIM — FFR (F.F.R.) (Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for a Community figurative mark ‘F.F.R.’ — Earlier national figurative marks CHIANTI CLASSICO — Relative ground for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

26.1.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 26/42
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 5 December 2012 — Consorzio vino Chianti Classico v OHIM — FFR (F.F.R.)
   (Case T-143/11) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for a Community figurative mark ‘F.F.R.’ - Earlier national figurative marks CHIANTI CLASSICO - Relative ground for refusal - No likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2013/C 26/80
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Consorzio vino Chianti Classico (Radda in Chianti, Italy) (represented by: S. Corona, G. Ciccone and A. Loffredo, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented: initially by V. Melgar and G. Mannucci and subsequently by V. Melgar and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Fédération française de rugby (FFR) (Marcoussis, France)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 January 2011 (Case R 43/2010-4), concerning opposition proceedings between Consorzio vino Chianti Classico and Fédération française de rugby (FFR).
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 10 January 2011 (Case R 43/2010-4) in so far as the Board of Appeal rejected the opposition based on Article 8(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Consorzio vino Chianti Classico and OHIM each to bear the costs which they have incurred in the course of the proceedings before the General Court.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 152, 21.5.2011.