Judgment of the General Court of 27 September 2012 - Pucci International v OHIM - El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
(Case T-357/09)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci - Earlier Community figurative and national word and figurative marks Emilio Pucci and EMILIO PUCCI - Relative grounds for refusal - Likelihood of confusion - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier mark - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Emilio Pucci International BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: P. Roncaglia, G. Lazzeretti, M. Boletto and E. Gavuzzi, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented initially by J.L. Rivas Zurdo, E. López Camba and E. Seijo Veiguela and, subsequently, by J.L. Rivas Zurdo and E. Seijo Veiguela, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2009 (Joined Cases R 770/2008-2 and R 826/2008-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Emilio Pucci International BV and El Corte Inglés, SA.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 18 June 2009 (Joined Cases R 770/2008-2 and R 826/2008-2) as regards, first, the proof of use of the spectacles in Class 9 and, second, the application of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 to the spectacles in Class 9, to the jewellery, costume jewellery and watches in Class 14 and to the lavatory paper in Class 16;
2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;
3. Orders Emilio Pucci International BV to pay one-third of the costs and OHIM and El Corte Inglés, SA to pay two-thirds of the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.