Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:462
Date: 2021-07-14
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Austria

Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 – Kneissl Holding v EUIPO – LS 9 (KNEISSL) (Case T-65/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark KNEISSL – Partial revocation – No genuine use of the mark – Extent of use – Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Rule 22(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 10(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) – Abuse of rights) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Kneissl Holding GmbH (Ebbs, Austria) (represented by: O. Nilgen and A. Kockläuner, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, D. Hanf and D. Walicka, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: LS 9 GmbH (Munich, Germany) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 November 2019 (Case R 2265/2018-2), relating to revocation proceedings between LS 9 and Kneissl Holding. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Kneissl Holding GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 103, 30.3.2020.