Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:707
Date: 2016-12-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 December 2016 — Groupe Go Sport v EUIPO — Design Go (GO SPORT) (Case T‑703/15) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU word mark GO SPORT — Earlier national word marks GO — Partial refusal of registration by the Opposition Division — Late filing of the statement of grounds of appeal — Inadmissibility of the appeal brought before the Board of Appeal — Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rule 49(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95) 1. EU trade mark — Proceedings before the EUIPO authorities — Transmission of communications to the Office — Transmission by fax — Communication incomplete or illegible (Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 80(2)) (see paras 61-63) 2. EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Time-limits — Claim barred by lapse of time — Exceptions — Obligation of care and diligence (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 60; Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 49(3)) (see para. 68) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 September 2015 (Case R 569/2015-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Design Go and Groupe Go Sport. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Groupe Go Sport to pay the costs.