Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:538
Date: 2017-07-20
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 July 2017 — Mediaexpert v EUIPO — Mediaexpert (mediaexpert) (Case T‑780/16) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark mediaexpert — Earlier national word mark mediaexpert — Relative ground for refusal — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Evidence of the existence, validity and scope of protection of the earlier mark — Registration certificate for the earlier mark — Translation — Rules 37 to 39 and Rule 98(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Legitimate expectations) 1. EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Invalidity proceedings — Admissibility — Conditions (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 37(b), Rule 38(1), and Rule 39(3)) (see paras 35, 36) 2. EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Examination of the application — Failure to produce a translation of the registration certificate for an earlier mark — No obligation on the Office to inform the applicant for invalidity — Option for the Cancellation Division to dismiss the application for invalidity as unfounded (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 37(b), Rule 38 (1) and (2), and Rule 39(3)) (see paras 38-44) 3. EU law — Principles — Protection of legitimate expectations — Conditions — Specific assurances given by the authorities (see para. 57) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 August 2016 (Case R 2583/2015-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mediaexpert sp. z o.o. and Mediaexpert S.A. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mediaexpert sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.