Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 September 2012

Tuzzi fashion GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community figurative mark Emidio Tucci — Earlier national word mark and international registration TUZZI — Earlier company name Tuzzi fashion GmbH — Relative grounds for refusal — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Duty to state reasons — Article 73 and Article 62(2) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 and Article 64(2) of Regulation No 207/2009) — Examination of the facts by the adjudicatory body of its own motion — Article 74 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009) — Article 79 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 83 of Regulation No 207/2009

Case T‑535/08


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
26/10/2012 Tuzzi fashion v OHMI - El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2012:495
27/09/2012 Tuzzi fashion v OHMI - El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:495
27/09/2012 Tuzzi fashion v OHMI - El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
Application (OJ)
07/03/2009 Tuzzi fashion v OHMI - El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)
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Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the national and international word mark ‘TUZZI’, and of the national trade name ‘TUZZI FASHION GMBH’, for goods in Class 25, against Decision R 1561/2007-2 of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 23 September 2008, dismissing the appeal brought against the decision of the Opposition Division which rejected the opposition filed by the applicant against the application for registration of the figurative mark ‘Emidio Tucci’ for goods in Class 25

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.03 Appeals
          4.11.03.04.03.02 Actions before the Courts of the European Union
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.07 Signs examined
          4.11.03.02.07.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
            4.11.03.02.07.02.02 Figurative marks applied for
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.03 Similarity between marks
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.04 Procedure
          4.11.03.04.04.05 Examination of the facts by the Office of its own motion
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.02 Likelihood of confusion with an earlier mark
          4.11.03.02.02.03 Similarity between marks
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.04 Procedure
          4.11.03.04.04.07 Statement of reasons
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.04 Procedure
          4.11.03.04.04.06 Rights of the defence


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 08/12/2008

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

27/09/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 55 from 07.03.2009, p.28

Judgment: OJ C 355 from 17.11.2012, p.20

Name of the parties

Tuzzi fashion v OHMI - El Corte Inglés (Emidio Tucci)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Soldevila Fragoso

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

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