Source: EURLEX
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Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – Nehera and Others v EUIPO – Zdút (nehera, NEHERA and NEHERA PRAGUE)

(Cases T-334/23 to T-337/23)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202402950EN.000101-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative and word marks nehera, NEHERA and NEHERA PRAGUE - Absolute ground for invalidity - No bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(C/2024/2950)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Isabel Nehera (Sutton, Ontario, Canada), Natacha Sehnal (Montferrier-sur-Lez, France), Jean-Henri Nehera (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) (represented by: W. Woll, 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: Ladislav Zdút (Bratislava, Slovakia) (represented by: Y. Echevarría García, lawyer)

Re:

By their actions under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek the annulment of the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 17 April 2023 (Cases R 1216/2020-4 to R 1219/2020-4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Joins Cases T-334/23 to T-337/23 for the purposes of the judgment; |

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| 2. | Dismisses the actions; |

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| 3. | Orders Ms Isabel Nehera, Ms Natacha Sehnal and Mr Jean-Henri Nehera to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Ladislav Zdút before the General Court; |

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| 4. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2950/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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