Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:265
Date: 2019-04-30
Language of the case: French
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful

Judgment of the General Court of 30 April 2019 — Kuota International v EUIPO — Sintema Sport (K) (Case T-136/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark K — Absolute ground for invalidity — Bad faith — Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Kuota International Corp. Ltd (Road Town, British Virgin Isles) (represented by: C. Herissay Ducamp, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Ruzek, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Sintema Sport Srl (Albiate, Italy) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 December 2017 (Case R 3111/2014-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Kuota International and Sintema Sport. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 December 2017 (Case R 3111/2014-1); 2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder; 3. Orders EUIPO to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 166, 14.5.2018.