Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:395
Date: 2023-07-12
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2023 – aTmos Industrielle Lüftungstechnik v EUIPO – aTmos Industrielle Lüftungstechnik (aTmos) (Case T-694/21) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark aTmos – Earlier national trade names aTmos Industrielle Lüftungstechnik GmbH and aTmos – Relative ground for invalidity –Article 53(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(c) and Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Examination of the facts by the Office of its own motion – Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: aTmos Industrielle Lüftungstechnik GmbH, Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: F. Stangl and S. Pilgram, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: aTmos Industrielle Lüftungstechnik GmbH, Riedstadt (Riedstadt, Germany) Re: By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 September 2021 (Case R 1844/2020-5). Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders ATmos Industrielle Lüftungstechnik GmbH, Düsseldorf to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 2, 3.1.2022.