Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:614
Date: 2020-12-16
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Luxembourg

Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 – H.R. Participations v EUIPO – Hottinger Investment Management (JCE HOTTINGUER) (Case T-535/19) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark JCE HOTTINGUER – Non-registered earlier national trade mark HOTTINGER – Relative ground for refusal – Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark – Rules governing common law actions for passing-off – 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, respectively)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: H.R. Participations SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: P. Wilhelm, J. Rossi, E. Dumur and G. Hadot-Pericard, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hottinger Investment Management Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: W. Sander, Solicitor, and M. Beebe, Barrister) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 May 2019 (Case R 2078/2018-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Hottinger Investment Management and H.R. Participations. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders H.R. Participations SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 312, 16.9.2019.