CELEX: C2007/247/34
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-291/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 September 2007 — Consorzio per la tutela del formaggio Grana Padano v OHIM — Biraghi (GRANA BIRAGHI) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark GRANA BIRAGHI — Protection of the designation of origin grana padano — Lack of generic nature — Article 142 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92)

20.10.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 247/23
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 September 2007 — Consorzio per la tutela del formaggio Grana Padano v OHIM — Biraghi (GRANA BIRAGHI)
   (Case T-291/03) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark GRANA BIRAGHI - Protection of the designation of origin ‘grana padano’ - Lack of generic nature - Article 142 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92)
   (2007/C 247/34)
   Language of the case: Italian
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Consorzio per la tutela del formaggio Grana Padano (Desenzano del Garda, Italy) (represented by: P. Perani, P. Colombo and A. Schmitt, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Buffolo and O. Montalto, Agents)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Italian Republic (represented by G. Aiello, lawyer)
   
      The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the Court of First Instance, being: Biraghi SpA, (Cavallermaggiore Italy) (represented by F. Antenucci, F. Giuggia, P. Mayer and J.-L. Schiltz, lawyers)
   Re:
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 16 June 2003 (Case R 153/2002-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Consorzio per la tutela del formaggio Grana Padano and Biraghi SpA
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 16 June 2003 (Case R 153/2002-1);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Consorzio per la tutela del formaggio Grana Padano;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Italian Republic and Biraghi SpA to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 289, 29.11.2003.