Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 18 January 2023 –  
Dorsum v EUIPO – id Quantique (Clavis)

(Case T‑758/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0758_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Opposition proceedings – Application for EU word mark Clavis – Earlier EU word mark CLAVIS – Failure to identify the earlier trade mark in the notice of opposition – Conditions for admissibility of the opposition)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Power of the General Court to alter the contested decision – Limits  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(3))  (see paragraph 20) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Procedural provisions – Opposition proceedings – Communication relating to the admissibility of an opposition  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 47; Commission Regulation 2018/625, Art. 8)  (see paragraph 27) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Observations of third parties and opposition – Examination of the opposition – Obligation of the opponent to clearly identify the earlier mark – Admissibility – Obligation of EUIPO to invite the opponent to remedy deficiencies – Not included  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 47; Commission Regulation 2018/625, Arts 2(2)(b)(i) and 5(3))  (see paragraphs 30, 36-38) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action brought against a decision by the Cancellation Division of EUIPO – Examination by the Board of Appeal – Scope – Facts and evidence not produced in support of the opposition within the period prescribed for that purpose – Account taken – Discretion of the Board of Appeal – No contrary provision  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 95(2))  (see paragraphs 57-59) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Dorsum Informatikai Fejlesztő és Szolgáltató Zrt. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

| 3. | Declares that the intervener is to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0758_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 51, 31.1.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:051:TOC).

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