Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 28 June 2012

I Marchi Italiani Srl and Antonio Basile v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark B. Antonio Basile 1952 — Earlier national word mark BASILE — Relative ground for refusal — Limitation in consequence of acquiescence — Article 53(2) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 54(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 8(1) of Regulation No 207/2009)

Case T‑133/09



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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
27/07/2012 I Marchi Italiani and Basile v OHMI - Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2012:327		 28/06/2012 I Marchi Italiani and Basile v OHMI - Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:327		 28/06/2012 I Marchi Italiani and Basile v OHMI - Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
20/06/2009 I Marchi Italiani and Basile v OHMI - Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment brought by the proprietor and partial assignee of the Community figurative mark ‘B Antonio Basile 1952’ for goods in Classes 14, 18 and 25, against Decision R 502/2008-2 of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 9 January 2009, dismissing the appeal brought against the decision of the Cancellation Division which declared that mark to be valid, following an application for invalidity brought by the proprietor of the national and international word marks ‘BASILE’ for goods in Class 25.

Systematic classification scheme

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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
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.03 Other questions of substantive law
        4.11.03.03.07 Limitation in consequence of acquiescence
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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
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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
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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


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

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Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

28/06/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 141 from 20.06.2009, p.47

Judgment: OJ C 243 from 11.08.2012, p.14

Name of the parties

I Marchi Italiani and Basile v OHMI - Osra (B. Antonio Basile 1952)

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

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

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