Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2024 – BBF Company v EUIPO – Monster Energy (INSOMNIA ENERGY)

(Case T-59/24)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202407347EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark INSOMNIA ENERGY - Earlier EU figurative mark MONSTER ENERGY - Relative grounds for invalidity - Damage to reputation - Taking unfair advantage of the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(C/2024/7347)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: BBF Company EOOD (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), authorised to replace Shoqëria Tregtare BBF Company SHPK (represented by: A. Kostov, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Monster Energy Co. (Corona, California, United States) (represented by: L. Junquera Lara, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 December 2023 (Case R 258/2023-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Authorises BBF Company EOOD to replace Shoqëria Tregtare BBF Company SHPK as applicant; |

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| 2. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 3. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7347/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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