Judgment of the General Court of 14 May 2013 - Morelli v OHIM - Associazone nazionale circolo del popolo della libertà et Brambilla (PARTITO DELLA LIBERTA')
(Case T-321/11 and 322/11)
(Community trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for a Community word mark PARTITO DELLA LIBERTA' and the Community figurative mark Partito della Libertà - Name of the earlier national domain name 'partitodellaliberta.it' - Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Failure to demonstrate the use of the earlier domain name ''partitodellaliberta.it' in the course of trade)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Raffaello Morelli (Rome, Italy) (represented by: G. Brenelli, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock, Agent)
Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Associazone nazionale circolo del popolo della libertà (Milan, Italy) (Case T-321/11); and Michela Vittoria Brambilla (Milan) (Case T-322/11) (represented by: P. Tarchini, G. Sena and C.M. Furlani, lawyers)
Re:
Actions brought against the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 March 2011 (Cases R 1303/2010-1 and R 1304/2010-1) relating to opposition proceedings between Mr Raffaello Morelli, and, respectively, l'Associazione nazionale circolo del popolo della libertà and Mrs Michela Vittoria Brambilla.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Joins Cases T-321/11 and T-322/11 for the purposes of the judgment;
2. Dismisses the actions;
3. Orders Mr Raffaello Morelli to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 238, 13.8.2011.