Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2024:269
Date: 2024-04-24
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Greece

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 24 April 2024 – Tsakiris v EUIPO – Coca-Cola 3E Ellados (Le Petit Déjeuner TSAKIRIS FAMILY) (Case T‑303/23) (1) ( EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark Le Petit Déjeuner TSAKIRIS FAMILY – Earlier national figurative mark TSAKIRIS CHIPS – Damage to reputation – Use without due cause – Article 8(5) and Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Article 81 TFEU ) 1. EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Legality of a decision issued by a board of appeal adjudicating in invalidity proceeding – Challenged by the adducing of new facts – Not permissible – Account taken, for the purposes of interpreting EU law, of EU case-law or national or international case-law not cited before the bodies of EUIPO – Whether permissible (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72) (see paragraphs 21, 22) 2. EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Modification of the terms of the dispute as brought before the Board of Appeal – Not permissible (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 188) (see paragraph 25) 3. EU trade mark – Proceedings before the bodies of EUIPO – Relationship between proceedings before the bodies of EUIPO for revocation or invalidity of an EU trade mark and any proceedings before a national court – Res judicata – None (Art. 81 TFEU; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(5), 53(1)(a), 56(3) and 100(2)) (see paragraphs 31, 34) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Tsakiris AE Paragogis & Emporias Trofimon to bear its own costs and to pay those of Coca-Cola 3E Ellados AVEE; 3. Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. 1OJ C 286, 14.8.2023.