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Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 4 October 2018.#Safe Skies LLC v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 52(1)(a) — Invalidity proceedings — Word mark TSA LOCK — Rejection of the application for a declaration of invalidity — Relevant date for the examination of an absolute ground for nullity — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.#Case C-326/18 P.
2018 m. spalio 4 d. Teisingumo Teismo (septintoji kolegija) nutartis.
Safe Skies LLC prieš Europos Sąjungos intelektinės nuosavybės tarnybą (EUIPO).
Apeliacinis skundas – Teisingumo Teismo procedūros reglamento 181 straipsnis – Europos Sąjungos prekių ženklas – Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 207/2009 – 52 straipsnio 1 dalies a punktas – Registracijos pripažinimo negaliojančia procedūra – Žodinis prekių ženklas TSA LOCK – Prašymo pripažinti registraciją negaliojančia atmetimas – Atskaitos diena vertinant absoliutų negaliojimo pagrindą – Iš dalies akivaizdžiai nepriimtinas ir iš dalies akivaizdžiai nepagrįstas apeliacinis skundas.
Byla C-326/18 P.
2018 m. spalio 4 d. Teisingumo Teismo (septintoji kolegija) nutartis.
Safe Skies LLC prieš Europos Sąjungos intelektinės nuosavybės tarnybą (EUIPO).
Apeliacinis skundas – Teisingumo Teismo procedūros reglamento 181 straipsnis – Europos Sąjungos prekių ženklas – Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 207/2009 – 52 straipsnio 1 dalies a punktas – Registracijos pripažinimo negaliojančia procedūra – Žodinis prekių ženklas TSA LOCK – Prašymo pripažinti registraciją negaliojančia atmetimas – Atskaitos diena vertinant absoliutų negaliojimo pagrindą – Iš dalies akivaizdžiai nepriimtinas ir iš dalies akivaizdžiai nepagrįstas apeliacinis skundas.
Byla C-326/18 P.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2018:800
ORDER OF THE COURT (Seventh Chamber)
4 October 2018 ( *1 )
(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 52(1)(a) — Invalidity proceedings — Word mark TSA LOCK — Rejection of the application for a declaration of invalidity — Relevant date for the examination of an absolute ground for nullity — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
In Case C‑326/18 P,
APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, brought on 17 May 2018,
Safe Skies LLC, established in New York (United States), represented by V. Schwepler, Rechtsanwältin,
appellant,
the other parties to the proceedings being:
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO),
defendant at first instance,
Travel Sentry Inc., established in Windermere (United States),
intervener at first instance,
THE COURT (Seventh Chamber),
composed of A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, A. Prechal and E. Jarašiūnas (Rapporteur), Judges,
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi,
Registrar: A. Calot Escobar,
having decided, after hearing the Advocate General, to give a decision by reasoned order, pursuant to Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice,
makes the following
Order
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By its appeal, Safe Skies LLC asks the Court to set aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 22 March 2018, Safe Skies v EUIPO — Travel Sentry (TSA LOCK) (T‑60/17, not published, EU:T:2018:164, ‘the judgment under appeal’), by which the General Court dismissed its action for annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 November 2016 (Case R 233/2016-4) relating to invalidity proceedings brought by Safe Skies against Travel Sentry Inc. |
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In support of its appeal, the appellant relies on a single ground, alleging infringement of Article 52(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the European Union trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1) as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 (OJ 2015 L 341, p. 21) (‘Regulation No 207/2009’). |
The appeal
3 |
Pursuant to Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, where the appeal is, in whole or in part, manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, the Court may at any time, acting on a proposal from the Judge-Rapporteur and after hearing the Advocate General, decide by reasoned order to dismiss that appeal in whole or in part. |
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That provision must be applied in the present case. |
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On 4 September 2018, the Advocate General took the following position:
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For the same reasons as those given by the Advocate General, the appeal must be dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly unfounded. |
Costs
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Pursuant to Article 137 of the Rules of Procedure, which is applicable to the procedure on appeal pursuant to Article 184(1) thereof, a decision as to costs is to be given in the order which closes the proceedings. Since the present order was adopted before the appeal was served on the other parties to the proceedings and, therefore, before they could have incurred costs, it is appropriate to decide that the appellant is to bear its own costs. |
On those grounds, the Court (Seventh Chamber) hereby orders: |
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Luxembourg, 4 October 2018. A. Calot Escobar Registrar A. Rosas President |
( *1 ) Language of the case: English.