1. 

EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Relative grounds for invalidity — Absence of consent on the part of the proprietor of a mark to the registration applied for by an agent or a representative under its own name — Agent or representative — Concept

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(3) and 60(1)(b))

(see paras 22, 23)

2. 

EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Relative grounds for invalidity — Absence of consent on the part of the proprietor of a mark to the registration applied for by an agent or a representative under its own name — Agent or representative — Aim

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(3) and 60(1)(b))

(see para. 24)

3. 

EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action brought against a decision by the Cancellation Division of EUIPO — Examination by the Board of Appeal — Scope

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95)

(see para. 27)

4. 

EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Relative grounds for invalidity — Existence of an earlier right referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation No 2017/1001 — Word mark MOULDPRO and company name Mouldpro ApS

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(4) and 60(1)(c))

(see paras 50-56, 70-73)

5. 

EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Relative grounds for invalidity — Existence of an earlier right referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation No 2017/1001 — Conditions — Interpretation in the light of EU law — Assessment by reference to the criteria determined by the national law governing the sign relied on

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(4))

(see paras 61, 62)

6. 

Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Pleas in law not set out in the application — Reference to the whole of the annexes — Inadmissibility

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))

(see para. 65)

7. 

EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Relative grounds for invalidity — Existence of an earlier right referred to in Article 8(4) of Regulation No 2017/1001 — Local significance of sign

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(4) and 60(1)(c))

(see para. 69)

8. 

EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Absolute grounds for invalidity — Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application — Criteria for assessment — Taking into account of all relevant factors at the time of filing the application for registration — Applicant’s knowledge that a third party is using an identical or similar sign — Intention of the applicant — Degree of legal protection of the signs at issue — Origin and use of the sign in dispute — Commercial logic underlying the registration of the contested sign as an EU trade mark — Chronology of events characterising the filing of the trade mark application

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(2) and 59(1)(b))

(see paras 77-84)

9. 

EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Absolute grounds for invalidity — Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application — Word mark MOULDPRO

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(2) and 59(1)(b))

(see paras 95-106)

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

Orders Mouldpro ApS to pay the costs.