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Case T-306/20: Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2022 — Hijos de Moisés Rodríguez González v EUIPO — Ireland and Ornua (La Irlandesa 1943) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark La Irlandesa 1943 — Absolute grounds for invalidity — Declaration of invalidity by the Grand Board of Appeal of EUIPO — Evidence submitted for the first time before the Court — Relevant date for the examination of an absolute ground for invalidity — Mark of such a nature as to deceive the public — Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001))

OJ C 318, 22.8.2022, p. 34–34 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

22.8.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 318/34


Judgment of the General Court of 29 June 2022 — Hijos de Moisés Rodríguez González v EUIPO — Ireland and Ornua (La Irlandesa 1943)

(Case T-306/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark La Irlandesa 1943 - Absolute grounds for invalidity - Declaration of invalidity by the Grand Board of Appeal of EUIPO - Evidence submitted for the first time before the Court - Relevant date for the examination of an absolute ground for invalidity - Mark of such a nature as to deceive the public - Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001))

(2022/C 318/46)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Hijos de Moisés Rodríguez González, SA (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) (represented by: J. García Domínguez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, D. Hanf and E. Markakis, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Grand Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Ireland

Other party to the proceedings before the Grand Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ornua Co-operative Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri and A. Sanz Cerralbo, lawyers)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 March 2020 (Case R 1499/2016-G).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Hijos de Moisés Rodríguez González, SA, to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.


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