Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 June 2016.#Universal Protein Supplements Corp. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative marks animal — Unregistered earlier national word mark ANIMAL — Relative ground for refusal — Application of national law by EUIPO — Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Particulars of the right on which the application for a declaration of invalidity is based — Rule 37(b)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95.#Joined Cases T-727/14 and T-728/14.

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 June 2016.
Universal Protein Supplements Corp. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative marks animal — Unregistered earlier national word mark ANIMAL — Relative ground for refusal — Application of national law by EUIPO — Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Particulars of the right on which the application for a declaration of invalidity is based — Rule 37(b)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95.
Joined Cases T-727/14 and T-728/14.

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 June 2016.
Universal Protein Supplements Corp. v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative marks animal — Unregistered earlier national word mark ANIMAL — Relative ground for refusal — Application of national law by EUIPO — Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Particulars of the right on which the application for a declaration of invalidity is based — Rule 37(b)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95.
Joined Cases T-727/14 and T-728/14.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2016:372