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(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark RTL - Lack of genuine use of the mark - Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Submission of facts and evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal - Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 27(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Misuse of rights)
(C/2025/3277)
Language of the case: German
Applicant: RTL Group Markenverwaltungs GmbH (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: W. Prinz and I. Leroux, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Ringelhann, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Marcella Örtl (Selb, Germany) (represented by: J. Pröll, lawyer)
By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment or, in the alternative, the alteration of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 September 2023 (Case R 86/2023-2).
The Court:
Alters the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 September 2023 (Case R 86/2023-2) so as to reject the application for revocation in respect of all the services in Class 35 of the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended, corresponding to the following description: ‘Advertising, marketing and promotional services’;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders RTL Group Markenverwaltungs GmbH, EUIPO and Ms Marcella Örtl to bear their own costs.
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OJ C C/2024/566, 8.1.2024.
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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3277/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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