Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:2
Date: 2022-01-12
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the General Court of 12 January 2022 – Laboratorios Ern v EUIPO – Malpricht (APIRETAL) (Case T-160/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – Word mark APIRETAL – Declaration of revocation – No genuine use – No proper reasons for non-use – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Laboratorios Ern, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: T. González Martínez, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: T. Frydendahl and D. Gája, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ingrid Malpricht (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) (represented by: M.-C. Simon, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 January 2021 (Case R 1004/2020 4), relating to revocation proceedings between Ms Malpricht and Laboratorios Ern. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Laboratorios Ern, SA to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 206, 31.5.2021.