Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 16 October 2024
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 16 October 2024
Data
- Court
- General Court
- Case date
- 16 oktober 2024
Verdict
Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 16 October 2024 –
Freistaat Bayern v EUIPO – Bundesverband Souvenir Geschenke Ehrenpreise (Neuschwanstein)
(Case T‑506/23)(1)
"(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark Neuschwanstein - Earlier business names Neuschwanstein and Schloss Neuschwanstein - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))"
1. EU trade markSurrender, revocation and invalidityRelative grounds for invalidityNon-registered mark or another sign used in the course of tradeConditions
(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(4) and 53(1)(c))
(see paragraph 14)
2. EU trade markSurrender, revocation and invalidityRelative grounds for invalidityNon-registered mark or another sign used in the course of tradeWord mark NeuschwansteinEarlier business names Neuschwanstein and Schloss Neuschwanstein
(Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(4) and 53(1)(c))
(see paragraphs 23-26, 31, 38, 39, 43, 44)
3. Judicial proceedingsApplication initiating proceedingsFormal requirementsSummary of the pleas in law on which the application is basedPleas in law not set out in the applicationGeneral reference to other documents annexed to the applicationInadmissibility
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))
(see paragraph 37)
Operative part
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Freistaat Bayern to pay the costs.