Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:555
Date: 2021-09-08
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Hungary

Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 – Qx World v EUIPO – Mandelay (EDUCTOR) (Case T-84/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark EDUCTOR – Earlier non-registered mark EDUCTOR – Article 53(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Article 8(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) – Article 71(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 72(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Article 16(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 – Article 6bis of the Paris Convention) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Qx World Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: Á. László and A. Cserny, 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: Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary) (represented by: V. Luszcz, C. Sár and É. Ulviczki, lawyers) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 November 2019 (Case R 1310/2019-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Qx World and Mandelay. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 25 November 2019; Orders Qx World Kft., EUIPO and Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) each to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 114, 6.4.2020.