Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 24 September 2008 - Anvil Knitwear v OHIM - Aprile e Aprile (Aprile)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the Community figurative mark Aprile - Earlier national word mark ANVIL - Relative ground for refusal - Lack of likelihood of confusion - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of the defence - Articles 8(1)(b), 73 and 74 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Anvil Knitwear, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: G. Würtenberger, R. Kunze and T. Wittmann, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen and O. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Aprile e Aprile Srl (Argelato, Italy)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 March 2007 (Case R-1076/2006-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Anvil Knitwear, Inc. and Aprile e Aprile Srl.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Anvil Knitwear, Inc. to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 170, 21.7.2007.