Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 March 2012. – Giorgio Armani SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).

Subject of the case

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 July 2010 (Case R 1360/2009-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Giorgio Armani SpA and Ms Annunziata Del Prete.

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 8 July 2010 (Case R 1360/2009-2);

2. Orders OHIM and Ms Annunziata Del Prete each to pay half of the costs incurred by Giorgio Armani SpA before the Board of Appeal;

3. Orders OHIM and Ms Del Prete to bear their own costs and each to pay half of the costs incurred by Giorgio Armani before the Court.