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12.11.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 331/6 |
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 22 September 2011 — Bell & Ross BV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Klockgrossisten i Norden AB
(Case C-426/10 P) (1)
(Appeal - Signed original application lodged out of time - Regularisable defect)
2011/C 331/08
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellant: Bell & Ross BV (represented by: S. Guerlain, avocat)
Other parties to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, Agent), Klockgrossisten i Norden AB
Re:
Appeal against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) delivered on 18 June 2010 in Case T-51/10 Bell & Ross v OHIM — Klockgrossisten i Norden, whereby the General Court dismissed the action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 October 2009 (Case R 1267/2008-3) in invalidity proceedings between Klockgrossisten i Norden AB and Bell & Ross BV — Signed original application lodged out of time — Concepts of ‘excusable error’ and ‘unforeseeable circumstances’ — Principles of legitimate expectations and proportionality — Manifest inadmissibility
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders Bell & Ross BV to pay the costs. |