CELEX: 62018TA0615
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-615/18: Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Diesel v EUIPO — Sprinter megacentros del deporte (Representation of a curved and angled line) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a curved and angled line — Earlier EU figurative mark representing the capital letter D and earlier international figurative mark (D) representing an angled line — Relative ground for refusal — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

13.7.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/25
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 May 2020 — Diesel v EUIPO — Sprinter megacentros del deporte (Representation of a curved and angled line)
      (Case T-615/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a curved and angled line - Earlier EU figurative mark representing the capital letter D and earlier international figurative mark (D) representing an angled line - Relative ground for refusal - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2020/C 230/31)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Diesel SpA (Breganze, Italy) (represented by: A. Parassina and A. Giovannardi, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sprinter megacentros del deporte, SL (Elche, Spain) (represented by: S. Malynicz QC, and T. Austen, Barrister)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of EUIPO of 3 August 2018 (Case R 2657/2017-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Diesel and Sprinter megacentros del deporte.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 3 August 2018 (Case R 2657/2017-5) in so far as it concerns the earlier mark No 583708 with regard to ‘men and women’s denim jeans’ and ‘footwear’ in Class 25;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Diesel SpA, EUIPO and Sprinter megacentros del deporte, SL each to bear their own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 455, 17.12.2018.