62019TJ0820_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 November 2020 –Totalizator Sportowy v EUIPO – Lottoland Holdings (Lottoland)
(Case T‑820/19)
(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Lottoland – Earlier national figurative marks LOTTO and Lotto – Earlier national word mark lotto – Declaration of partial invalidity – Relative ground for refusal – No damage to reputation – No link between the marks at issue – Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
1.
EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Protection of well-known earlier mark extended to dissimilar goods or services – Conditions – Link between the marks – Criteria for assessment
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(5))
(see paras 25-27, 29, 30, 35-37)
2.
EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Protection of well-known earlier mark extended to dissimilar goods or services – Conditions – Link between the marks – Criteria for assessment – Account taken of the nature of the goods or services in question
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(5))
(see para. 28)
3.
EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Word mark Lottoland – Figurative marks LOTTO and Lotto and word mark lotto
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(5) and 60(1)(a))
(see paras 43, 60, 62-64, 66, 68)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 October 2019 (Case R 97/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Totalizator Sportowy and Lottoland Holdings.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Totalizator Sportowy sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.