ECLI:EU:T:2003:199

«(Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Earlier figurative and word marks containing the word GIORGI – Application for Community word mark GIORGIO BEVERLY HILLS – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)» Summary of the Judgment Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Relative grounds for refusal – Opposition by the owner of an identical or similar earlier mark registered for identical or similar products or services – Risk of confusion with the earlier mark – Word mark GIORGIO BEVERLY HILLS and figurative marks including the word GIORGI(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 8(1)(b)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber)9 July 2003 (1) ((Community trade mark – Opposition procedure – Earlier figurative and word marks containing the word GIORGI – Application for Community word mark GIORGIO BEVERLY HILLS – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fourth Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 22 January 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber), Tiili Mengozzi Vilaras H. Jung V. Tilli Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: Spanish.