CELEX: 62016TA0389
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-389/16: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2017 — AIA v EUIPO — Casa Montorsi (MONTORSI F. & F.) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark MONTORSI F. & F. — Earlier national word mark Casa Montorsi — Relative ground for invalidity — Likelihood of confusion — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Agreement for coexistence of the marks — Scope — Article 53(3) of Regulation No 207/2009)

28.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 283/43
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2017 — AIA v EUIPO — Casa Montorsi (MONTORSI F. & F.)
   (Case T-389/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark MONTORSI F. & F. - Earlier national word mark Casa Montorsi - Relative ground for invalidity - Likelihood of confusion - Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Agreement for coexistence of the marks - Scope - Article 53(3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 283/65)
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Agricola italiana alimentare SpA (AIA) (San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy) (represented by: S. Rizzo, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Casa Montorsi Srl (Vignola, Italy) (represented by: S. Verea, K. Muraro and M. Balestriero, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 April 2016 (Case R 1239/2014-1) concerning invalidity proceedings between Casa Montorsi and AIA.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Agricola italiana alimentare (AIA) to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 335, 12.9.2016.