Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 13 December 2023 –  
Good Services v EUIPO – ITV Studios Global Distribution (EL ROSCO)

(Case T‑382/22) (
[1](#t-ECR_62022TJ0382_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark EL ROSCO – 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))

| 1. | Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Request that directions be issued to an institution – Claim for a declaratory judgment –Precluded  (Art. 263 TFEU)  (see paragraph 17) |

| 2. | 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 paragraphs 27-29) |

| 3. | 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 – Degree of legal protection of the signs at issue – Origin and use of the contested sign – Commercial logic underlying the registration of the contested sign as an EU trade mark – Chronology of events leading up to the filing of the trade mark application  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 30-32, 34, 38, 55) |

| 4. | 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 paragraphs 33, 51) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Assessment of the registrability of a sign – EU rules only taken into account – Decisions of national authorities not binding on EU bodies  (Council Regulation No 207/2009)  (see paragraph 35) |

| 6. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application – Word mark EL ROSCO  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 42, 49, 50, 57) |

| 7. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Registration contrary to Article 7 of Regulation 2017/1001 – Relevant date for the examination of an absolute ground for invalidity – Date of filing of the application for registration  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 7 and 52(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 43, 44) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Good Services Ltd to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62022TJ0382_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 340, 5.9.2022](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2022:340:TOC).

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