Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:383
Date: 2018-06-26
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2018 — Jumbo Africa v EUIPO — ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing (JUMBO) (Case T-78/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUMBO — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Article 52(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001)) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicant: Jumbo Africa, SL (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: M.C. Buganza González and E. Torner Lasalle, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. García Murillo and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing GmbH (Unterföhring, Germany) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 October 2016 (Case R 227/2016-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing and Jumbo Africa. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Jumbo Africa, SL to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). ____________ 1 OJ C 104, 3.4.2017.