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    Case T-621/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2020 — Ace of spades v EUIPO — Krupp and Borrmann (JC JEAN CALL Champagne GRANDE RÉSERVE) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for the three-dimensional EU trade mark JC JEAN CALL Champagne GRANDE RÉSERVE — Earlier three-dimensional EU trade marks — Relative grounds for refusal — Similarity of the signs — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001))

    IO C 35, 1.2.2021, p. 45–46 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    1.2.2021   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 35/45


    Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2020 — Ace of spades v EUIPO — Krupp and Borrmann (JC JEAN CALL Champagne GRANDE RÉSERVE)

    (Case T-621/19) (1)

    (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for the three-dimensional EU trade mark JC JEAN CALL Champagne GRANDE RÉSERVE - Earlier three-dimensional EU trade marks - Relative grounds for refusal - Similarity of the signs - Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - No damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001))

    (2021/C 35/58)

    Language of the case: English

    Parties

    Applicant: Ace of spades Holdings LLC (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: A. Gómez López, lawyer)

    Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

    Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Gerhard Ernst Krupp (Munich, Germany), Elmar Borrmann (Reith, Austria)

    Re:

    Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 June 2019 (Case R 2/2019-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Ace of spades Holdings and Messrs Krupp and Borrmann.

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 20 June 2019 (Case R 2/2019-5) in so far as it dismissed the appeal brought by Ace of spades Holdings LLC and rejected the opposition based on Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;

    2.

    Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

    3.

    Orders each party to bear its own costs.


    (1)  OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.


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