Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2024 – Butzkies-Schiemann v EUIPO – U.S. Corrosion Technologies (CorrosionX)
(Case T-1127/23) 1
(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark CorrosionX – Absolute ground for invalidity – Bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Admissibility of the response filed before the Board of Appeal – Article 24(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Sven Butzkies-Schiemann (Büdelsdorf, Germany) (represented by: C. Drzymalla, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: U.S. Corrosion Technologies LLC (Garland, Texas, United States) (represented by: D. von Schultz, lawyer)
Re:
By his action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 September 2023 (Case R 1795/2022-1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Sven Butzkies-Schiemann to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by U.S. Corrosion Technologies LLC;
Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs.
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1     OJ C C/2024/967, 29.1.2024.