Judgment of the General Court of 27 March 2014 — Intesa Sanpaolo v OHIM — equinet Bank (EQUITER)

(Case T-47/12) ¹

(Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the Community figurative mark EQUITER — Earlier Community word mark EQUINET — Relative ground for refusal — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Turin (Italy)) (represented by: P. Pozzi, G. Ghisletti and F. Braga, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: equinet Bank AG (Frankfurt am Main (Germany))

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 October 2011 (Case R 2101/2010-1), relating to opposition proceedings between equinet Bank AG and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 6 October 2011 (Case R 2101/2010-1);

Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Intesa Sanpaolo SpA.

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¹     OJ C 109, 14.4.12.