Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 July 2016.#Tadeusz Ogrodnik v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Tropical — Earlier national word mark TROPICAL — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Extent of the applicant’s rights under national law — Coexistence of the marks — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009.#Case T-804/14.

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 July 2016.
Tadeusz Ogrodnik v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Tropical — Earlier national word mark TROPICAL — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Extent of the applicant’s rights under national law — Coexistence of the marks — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case T-804/14.

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 21 July 2016.
Tadeusz Ogrodnik v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Tropical — Earlier national word mark TROPICAL — Relative ground for refusal — Article 8(1)(b) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Extent of the applicant’s rights under national law — Coexistence of the marks — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009.
Case T-804/14.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2016:431