Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:166
Date: 2020-04-29
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Germany

Order of the General Court of 29 April 2020 — Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO — Plásticos Hidrosolubles (green cycles) (Case T-78/19) 1 (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — European Union figurative mark green cycles — Genuine use of the mark — Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 10(3) and (4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 — Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character — Lack of use of the sign as a company logo) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: A. Marx, K. Bonhagen and M. Wolter, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Scardocchia and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO intervening before the General Court: Plásticos Hidrosolubles, SL (Rafelbuñol, Spain) (represented by: C. Sueiras Villalobos, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 November 2018 (Case R 778/2018-5) relating to revocation proceedings between Lidl Stiftung and Plásticos Hidrosolubles. Operative part of the order Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 29 November 2018 (Case R 778/2018-5) in so far as it found genuine use of the contested mark in respect of the goods in Class 20. Dismisses the action as to the remainder. Orders Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG, EUIPO and Plásticos Hidrosolubles, SL, to each bear their own costs incurred during the proceedings before the Court. ____________ 1 OJ C 122, 1.4.2019.