Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:428
Date: 2022-07-06
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Czechia

Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2022 – Aerospinning Master Franchising v EUIPO – Mad Dogg Athletics (SPINNING) (Case T-246/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark SPINNING – Trade mark which has become the common name in the trade for a product or service in respect of which it is registered – Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Relevant public) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Aerospinning Master Franchising s. r. o. (Prague, Czech Republic) (represented by: K. Labalestra, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc. (Venice, California, United States) (represented by: J. Steinberg, lawyer) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 February 2020 (Case R 369/2019‑4), relating to revocation proceedings between itself and the intervener. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action. 2. Orders Aerospinning Master Franchising s. r. o. to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 215, 29.6.2020.