Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:192
Date: 2024-03-20
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 March 2024 – Nehera and Others v EUIPO – Zdút (nehera and Others) (Cases T‑334/23 to T‑337/23) (1) ( EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative and word marks nehera, NEHERA and NEHERA PRAGUE – Absolute ground for invalidity – No bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) ) 1. EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application – Figurative marks nehera and NEHERA and word mark NEHERA PRAGUE (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 34, 39, 40) 2. Action for annulment – Pleas in law – Pleas in law and complaints which cannot lead to the annulment of the contested measure – Ineffective pleas in law (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paragraph 37) Operative part The Court: 1. Joins Cases T-334/23 to T-337/23 for the purposes of the judgment; 2. Dismisses the actions; 3. Orders Ms Isabel Nehera, Ms Natacha Sehnal and Mr Jean-Henri Nehera to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Ladislav Zdút before the General Court; 4. Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. 1 OJ C 286, 14.8.2023.