Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 13 July 2022 –  
Gugler France v EUIPO – Gugler (GUGLER)

(Case T‑147/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0147_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark GUGLER – Absolute ground for invalidity – No bad faith – Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application – Concept of bad faith – Scope  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paras 22, 23) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application – Criteria for assessment – Taking into account all relevant factors at the time of filing of the application for registration – Applicant’s knowledge that a third party is using an identical or similar sign – Intention of the applicant – Origin and use of the sign in dispute – Commercial logic underlying the registration of the contested sign as an EU trade mark – Chronology of events characterising the filing of the trade mark application  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paras 24, 25) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application – Burden of proof  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see para. 26) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application – Figurative mark GUGLER  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paras 40, 48, 55, 66, 72) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Gugler France to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0147_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 163, 3.5.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:163:TOC).

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