Judgment of the General Court of 27 March 2012 -Armani v OHIM - Del Prete (AJ AMICI JUNIOR)
(Case T-420/10)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark AJ AMICI JUNIOR - Earlier national figurative mark AJ ARMANI JEANS - Earlier national word mark ARMANI JUNIOR - Relative ground for refusal - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Giorgio Armani SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: M. Rapisardi, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Mannucci, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Annunziata Del Prete (Naples, Italy) (represented by: R. Bocchini, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 July 2010 (Case R 1360/2009-2), relating to opposition proceeding between Giorgio Armani SpA and Ms Annunziata Del Prete
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 8 July 2010 (Case R 1360/2009-2);
2. Orders OHIM and Ms Annunziata Del Prete to each pay half of the costs incurred by Giorgio Armani SpA before the Board of Appeal;
3. Orders OHIM and Ms Del Prete to bear their own costs and to each pay half of the costs incurred by Giorgio Armani before the Court.
____________1 - OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.