Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:136
Date: 2015-03-04
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 4 March 2015 — Nissan Jidosha v OHIM (CVTC) (Case T‑572/12) Community trade mark — Request for renewal of the Community figurative mark CVTC — Partial renewal — Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 1. Community trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Decision of an OHIM body forming part of the context of the decision of the Board of Appeal (see para. 33) 2. Community trade mark — Duration, renewal, modification and division of the mark — Renewal of the mark — Time-limits — Lodging of an application for partial renewal and payment of the related charges during the initial period — Complement of the application during the grace period — Not included (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 47(3)) (see paras 37-41) 3. Community trade mark — Decisions of the Office — Legality — Examination by the EU judicature — Criteria (Council Regulation No 207/2009) (see para. 50) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 September 2012 (Case R 2469/2011‑1), relating to a request for renewal of the registration of the Community figurative mark CVTC. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Nissan Jidosha KK to pay the costs.