Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:559
Date: 2020-11-25
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Bulgaria

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 25 November 2020 – Group v EUIPO – Iliev (GROUP Company TOURISM & TRAVEL) (Case T‑57/20) (EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for the EU figurative mark GROUP Company TOURISM & TRAVEL – Earlier unregistered national figurative marks GROUP Company TOURISM & TRAVEL – Relative grounds for refusal – Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Second sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) 1. EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Decisions of the Office – Observance of the rights of the defence – Scope of the principle (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(a); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1)) (see paras 30, 32) 2. EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Implementation of a judgment annulling a decision adopted by a Board of Appeal – New examination of the appeal – Observance of the rights of the defence (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 94(1)) (see para. 31) 3. EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Examination of the facts of the EUIPO’s own motion – Opposition proceedings – Examination restricted to the facts, evidence and arguments provided – Obligation on the parties to provide facts and evidence in support – Rules of national law – Included (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95) (see para. 33) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 November 2019 (Case R 2059/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Group and Mr Iliev. Operative part The Court: 1. Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 November 2019 (Case R 2059/2018-5); 2. Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.