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Document 62019TA0858

    Case T-858/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2020 — easyCosmetic Swiss v EUIPO — UWI (easycosmetic) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark easyCosmetic — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

    OJ C 35, 1.2.2021, p. 48–48 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    1.2.2021   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 35/48


    Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2020 — easyCosmetic Swiss v EUIPO — UWI (easycosmetic)

    (Case T-858/19) (1)

    (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark easyCosmetic - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

    (2021/C 35/62)

    Language of the case: German

    Parties

    Applicant: easyCosmetic Swiss GmbH (Baar, Switzerland) (represented by: D. Terheggen and S. Sullivan, lawyers)

    Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and M. Fischer, acting as Agents)

    Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: UWI Unternehmensberatungs- und Wirtschaftsinformations GmbH (Bad Nauheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Krisch, T. Guttau and V. Wellens, lawyers)

    Re:

    Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 October 2019 (Case R 973/2019-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between UWI and easyCosmetic Swiss.

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders EasyCosmetic Swiss GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO);

    3.

    Orders UWI Unternehmensberatungs- und Wirtschaftsinformations GmbH to bear its own costs.


    (1)  OJ C 45, 10.2.2020.


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