CELEX: 62018TA0653
Language: en
Date: 2020-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-653/18: Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2020 — Armani v EUIPO — Asunción (GIORGIO ARMANI le Sac 11) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU figurative mark GIORGIO ARMANI 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)

22.6.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 209/22
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2020 — Armani v EUIPO — Asunción (GIORGIO ARMANI le Sac 11)
      (Case T-653/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU figurative mark GIORGIO ARMANI 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)
      (2020/C 209/28)
      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 2462/2017-4), 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.