30.5.2016
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 191/27
Judgment of the General Court of 14 April 2016 — Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei v EUIPO — Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona di Bianchini (PICCOLOMINI)
(Case T-20/15) (1)
((EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark PICCOLOMINI - Earlier EU word mark PICCOLO - No genuine use of the earlier mark - Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
(2016/C 191/34)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG (Wiesbaden, Germany) (represented by: J. Flick, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Kusturovic and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona di Bianchini Società Agricola (Milan, Italy) (represented by F. Cecchi, P. Pozzi and F. Ghisletti Giovanni, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 October 2014 (Case R 2265/2013-1), relating to opposition proceedings between Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG and Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona di Bianchini Società Agricola.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona di Bianchini Società Agricola.
(1) OJ C 89, 16.3.2015.
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