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Document 62017TA0488

Case T-488/17: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2018 — Ghost — Corporate Management v EUIPO (Dry Zone) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark Dry Zone — Period for bringing an action — Lateness — Inadmissibility of the appeal brought before the Board of Appeal — Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No force majeure or unforeseeable circumstances — Obligations of care and diligence — Legitimate expectations)

IO C 408, 12.11.2018, p. 54–55 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

12.11.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 408/54


Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2018 — Ghost — Corporate Management v EUIPO (Dry Zone)

(Case T-488/17) (1)

((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark Dry Zone - Period for bringing an action - Lateness - Inadmissibility of the appeal brought before the Board of Appeal - Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - No force majeure or unforeseeable circumstances - Obligations of care and diligence - Legitimate expectations))

(2018/C 408/70)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicant: Ghost — Corporate Management SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: S. de Barros Araújo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 June 2017 (Case R 683/2017-2) concerning an application for registration of the word sign Dry Zone as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Ghost — Corporate Management SA to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 309, 18.9.2017.


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