The “emporioarmaniwatches.com” website is also an online store for purchasing men’s and women’s watches bearing the well known names Armani and Emporio Armani and the familiar device trade mark.
The name Armani in its various permutations features regularly in fashion magazines, newspapers and elsewhere. It would be reasonable to describe the family name Armani and its permutations including Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani as a famous name so that the name when associated with anything else would be recognized as describing the fashion house based in Milan and the products and services offered by the group.
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2013-07-19 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Mage Enterprises Inc.
Case No. D2011-1172
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. ...Factual Background
The Complainant is a leading company in the fashion industry and is the owner of various trademarks, together known as the “Armani Trademarks”, such as GIORGIO ARMANI, ARMANI, ACQUA DI GIO’, De GIORGIO ARMANI and GIO’. The Armani Trademarks are registered and used for different kinds of goods and services, including perfumes and clothing and are registered in Europe, United States of America, Canada and before the WIPO. ...
2011-09-14 - Case Details
The Respondent is not known by the subject domain name or the word “armani”, has no connection or affiliation with the Complainant and has not received any license or consent, express or implied, to use the ARMANI Trasdemarks in a domain name or in any other manner.
...Identical or Confusingly Similar
It is clear that the Complainant has rights to the ARMANI Trademarks. Watches are an item covered by the ARMANI Trademarks and can connote jewelry and luxury associated with the Complainant’s products.
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2006-09-20 - Case Details
Factual Background
The Complainant has, on behalf of the Armani Group, registered ARMANI and various combinations of ARMANI with other words as a trademark in a large number of countries including the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and Taiwan, Province of China. ...In particular, the Complainant claims that:
(i) The Domain Name in dispute is confusingly similar to the trademark ARMANI in which the Complainant has rights.
The Complainant claims that the disputed Domain Name reproduces the ARMANI trademark in its entirety.
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2006-08-16 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Wang Jihua
Case No. D2013-0936
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. ...The Disputed Domain Name contains entirely the Complainant’s marks ARMANI and ARMANI JEANS. The incorporation of the additional term “it” does not assist to distinguish the Disputed Domain Name from the Complainant’s ARMANI Marks.
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2013-08-27 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. ESSENTIAL MALL PTY LTD
Case No. DAU2011-0011
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. of Mendrisio, Switzerland, represented by Studio Rapisardi S.A., Switzerland.
...The Complainant markets its brands through the family name of Armani and the business name of Emporio Armarni. The ARMARNI trademark was first registered in 1986 and the EMPORIO ARMANI trademark was first registered in 1989. ...
2011-05-23 - Case Details
The Complainant’s rights in said marks were acknowledged
and referred to in several decisions rendered by WIPO UDRP panels. (See e.g.,
GA Modefine S.A. and Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. Yoon-Min Yang, WIPO
Case No. D2005-0090; GA Modefine SA v. Armani International Investment,
WIPO Case No. ...Complainant
The Complainant asserts that: The domain name at issue is confusingly similar to the trademarks ARMANI and EMPORIO ARMANI owned by the Complainant which are well-known throughout the world, and that the Respondent’s addition of the word “watch” in the domain name is not sufficient to prevent the risk of confusion.
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2006-08-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Zhifang Huang a.k.a. huangzhifang
Case No. D2011-2292
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio of Mandrisio, Switzerland, represented by Studio Rapisardi S.A., Switzerland.
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2012-03-28 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.P.A., Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Apex Domain Holdings
Case No. D2015-0510
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.P.A., Swiss Branch Mendrisio of Mendrisio, Switzerland, represented by Legalitax Studio Legale e Tributario, Italy.
...The Giorgio Armani group has distributed its products in 36 countries and is identified with brands, including Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, AJ Armani Jeans, and Armani collections.
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2015-05-29 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Mr. Mahmoud Haidar, M Haidar
Case No. D2012-2231
1. The Parties
Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. ...Complainant
Complainant contends that the disputed domain name “is confusingly similar to Complainant’s famous ARMANI Mark … because it contains the exact Arabic translation of the famous ARMANI Mark in its entirety. ...
2013-01-21 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A., Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Hessamaldin Varposjty
Case No. DIR2014-0001
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A., Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio of Mendrisio, Switzerland, represented by Studio Rapisardi S.A., Switzerland.
...Complainant
The Complainant asserts that it is the owner of the well-known trademarks ARMANI and GIORGIO ARMANI which derive from the personal name of the famous fashion designer Giorgio Armani, known all over the world.
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2014-05-07 - Case Details
The Giorgio Armani group has distributed its products in 36 countries and is identified with brands including Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, AJ Armani Jeans and Armani collections.
...Headings include "Perfume Sales", "Acqua di Gio Armani", "Giorgio Armani mania Perfume" and "Giorgio Perfume". The links lead to websites selling variously perfumes, cosmetics, toilets, water fittings, clothes, shoes and other things. ...
2015-05-29 - Case Details
These applications were filed on November 5, 2018 and are currently pending.
Respondent Ari Armani is an individual with an address in New York, New York in the United States. Mr. Armani is the founder and owner of Respondent Ari Armani & Co, a company that appears to provide public relations and marketing services. ...Based on the evidence submitted, which is not contested by Respondent, the Panel accepts Complainants’ contention that the disputed domain name is subject to the common control of Ari Armani and his company Ari Armani & Co. Moreover, Respondents’ informal response on February 25, 2019, was on behalf of both Respondents Ari Armani and his company Ari Armani & Co, further suggesting common control. ...
2019-04-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Li Kai
Case No. D2012-0503
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.p.A. ...Complainant
The Complainant is a company incorporated in Italy and the owner of numerous registrations worldwide for the trade marks ARMANI, EMPORIO ARMANI, GIORGIO ARMANI and AX - ARMANI EXCHANGE (the “Trade Marks”), the earliest dating from 1978.
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2012-05-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Giorgio Armani S.P.A. v. Name Redacted
Case No. D2019-0107
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Giorgio Armani S.P.A. of Milan, Italy represented by Legalitax Studio Legale e Tributario, Italy.
...The Complainant is the proprietor of several trademarks such as ARMANI and GIORGIO ARMANI. For example, the Complainant has registered the trademark GIORGIO ARMANI as a European Union trademark on March 8, 1999. ...
2019-03-18 - Case Details
Factual Background
The Complainant is the Swiss branch of an Italian company which owns the trademarks ARMANI, ARMANI JEANS and AJ ARMANI JEANS (the “Trademarks”), registered in many countries worldwide, including the USA and China.
...D2005-0072.
As recognized inter alia in Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Milan, Swiss Branch Mendrisio v. Min Zhi,
WIPO Case No. D2013-0020 and in GA Modefine S.A., Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. ...
2014-02-10 - Case Details
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
행정패널 결정문
Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. SJ / 정석민
사건번호: D2013-0246
1. 당사자
신청인: Giorgio Armani S.p.A., 스위스 멘드리소
신청인의 대리인: Studio Rapisardi S.A., 스위스
피신청인: SJ / 정석민, 대한민국(“한국”) 서울
피신청인의 대리인: 정석재 및 김형덕(예지국제특허법률사무소), 한국
2. ...ii) 추가 제출 서류에서의 주장
신청인의 2013년3월29일자 및 4월9일자 추가 제출 서류에서의 주장 내용은 다음과 같다.
2004년 이후 한국의 대리인에게 발행한 청구서에 EA7 및 EA7 Emporio Armani 상표가 표시되어 있는 바 이 청구서는 한국에서 EA7 상표를 붙인 제품을 처음 사용한 날이 2004년 7월 21일임을 보여준다.
엑셀에 포함된 데이터는 2008년부터 2013년까지 한국 고객이 구매한 제품과 금액이 표시되어 있다.
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2013-05-13 - Case Details
Kim Hontage, supra; GA MODEFINE SA., Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. Ahmad Haqqi, supra; GA MODEFINE SA v. AES OPTICS,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0306; GA MODEFINE S.A., Giorgio Armani S.p.A. v. ...Richard Tonetti,
WIPO Case No. D2000-0493 and GA Modefine S.A. and Giorgio Armani v. Yoon-Min Yang,
WIPO Case No. D2005-0090).
Therefore, based on the evidence, the Panel is satisfied that the second element of the Policy is met.
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2014-01-17 - Case Details
D2000-1500 (panelist transferred domain name, finding that “[i]n particular, consumers looking for information regarding the 'Microsoft Home' or 'Microsoft Home' products would assume that the website address www.microsofthome.com would take them to an official Microsoft site that provides such information”); GA Modefine SA v. Armani International Investment, WIPO Case No. D2000-0305 (panelist transferred domain name “armaniinternational” to owner of ARMANI mark since “the adjunction of the trite adjective 'international' would not modify the attractive power of the word 'Armani'“); Dell Computer Corp. v. ...
2007-07-18 - Case Details
Verbraucher würden denken, dass die Beschwerdeführerin nun Dienstleistungen zusammen mit dem Vornamen des Firmeninhabers oder einer seiner Familienmitglieder anbiete, wie es bei einigen Unternehmen üblich sei (z.B. Boss - Hugo Boss, Armani - Giorgio Armani). Ferner könnten Internetbenutzer über eine Internetsuchmaschine auf die Website der Beschwerdegegnerin stossen und meinen, es handle sich um eine Website des Pirelli-Konzerns.
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2005-11-24 - Case Details