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Document 62022TA0350
Case T-350/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — adp Merkur v EUIPO — Play’n GO Marks (GAME OF GLADIATORS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark GAME OF GLADIATORS — Earlier EU word mark Gladiator — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No genuine use — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Case T-350/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — adp Merkur v EUIPO — Play’n GO Marks (GAME OF GLADIATORS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark GAME OF GLADIATORS — Earlier EU word mark Gladiator — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No genuine use — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
Case T-350/22: Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — adp Merkur v EUIPO — Play’n GO Marks (GAME OF GLADIATORS) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the EU word mark GAME OF GLADIATORS — Earlier EU word mark Gladiator — Relative grounds for refusal — Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No genuine use — Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
OJ C, C/2023/325, 30.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/325/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
- Date of document:
- 06/09/2023
- Date lodged:
- 10/06/2022
- Author:
- General Court
- Form:
- Judicial information
- Authentic language:
- English
- Type of procedure:
- Action for annulment
- Applicant:
- Person
- Defendant:
- Institutions, European Union Intellectual Property Office
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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2023/325 |
30.10.2023 |
Judgment of the General Court of 6 September 2023 — adp Merkur v EUIPO — Play’n GO Marks (GAME OF GLADIATORS)
(Case T-350/22) (1)
(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the EU word mark GAME OF GLADIATORS - Earlier EU word mark Gladiator - Relative grounds for refusal - Article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - No genuine use - Article 47(2) of Regulation 2017/1001)
(C/2023/325)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: adp Merkur GmbH (Espelkamp, Germany) (represented by: K. Mandel, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Chylińska and M. Eberl, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Play’n GO Marks ltd. (Sliema, Malta) (represented by: F. Persson Winter and A. Bengtsson, lawyers)
Re:
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 April 2022 (Case R 2289/2020-4).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders adp Merkur GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Play’n GO Marks ltd.; |
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Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/325/oj
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