Action brought on 17 December 2010 - Zenato v OHIM - Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato e Agricoltura di Verona (RIPASSA)
(Case T-595/10)
Language in which the application was lodged: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Alberto Zenato (Verona, Italy) (represented by: A. Rizzoli, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato e Agricoltura di Verona (Verona, Italy)
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
declare the present action, together with the related annexes, admissible;
annul the decision of the Board of Appeal in so far as it annuls the contested decision and orders the costs of the appeal proceedings to be shared;
uphold, in consequence, the decision of the Opposition Division;
order OHIM to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
Applicant for a Community trade mark: Alberto Zenato.
Community trade mark concerned: Word mark 'RIPASSA' (registration application No 106 955) for goods in Class 33.
Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato e Agricoltura di Verona.
Mark or sign cited in opposition: Italian word mark 'VINO DI RIPASSO' (No 528 778) for goods in Class 33.
Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition rejected.
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Contested decision annulled and case remitted to the Opposition Division.
Pleas in law: Infringement and misapplication of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.
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