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(Case T-722/18) (*)
(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark BASIC - Earlier national trade names basic and basic AG - Relative grounds for refusal - Use in the course of trade of a sign of more than mere local significance - Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Declaration of partial invalidity - Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court - Referral of the case back to a Board of Appeal - Lack of competence of the authority referring the case - Article 1(d) of Regulation (EC) No 216/96 - Cross-claim)
(2021/C 35/54)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Repsol, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.-B. Devaureix and J.C. Erdozain López, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. O’Neill and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Basic AG Lebensmittelhandel (Munich, Germany) (represented by: D. Altenburg, lawyer)
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 August 2018 (Case R 178/2018-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Basic Lebensmittelhandel and Repsol.
The Court:
1.Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 22 August 2018 (Case R 178/2018-2);
2.Declares that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the cross-claim;
3.Orders EUIPO and Basic AG Lebensmittelhandel to bear their own costs and each to pay half of the costs incurred by Repsol, SA.
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Language of the case: English
ECLI:EU:C:2021:35