Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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Judgment of the General Court of 29 May 2024 – Penguin Random House v EUIPO – Ediciones Literarias Independientes (PLAN B)

(Case T-777/22)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202404327EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Figurative mark PLAN B - Earlier trade name Ediciones Plan B - Absolute ground for invalidity - Bad faith - Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

(C/2024/4327)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, SAU (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: E. Armijo Chávarri, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. F. Crespo Carrillo and E. Nicolás Gómez, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Ediciones Literarias Independientes, SL (Malaga, Spain) (represented by: B. Martínez Hulin, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 28 September 2022 (Case R 2015/2021-1).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, SAU, to pay the costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4327/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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