Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 9.1.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 7/26 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2022 — The Bazooka Companies v EUIPO — Bilkiewicz (Shape of a baby’s bottle)

(Case T-273/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2023007EN.01002601-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - Three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of a baby’s bottle - Genuine use of the mark - Point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Nature of use of the mark - Form differing in elements which do not alter the distinctive character - Obligation to state reasons)

(2023/C 7/32)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: The Bazooka Companies, Inc. (New York, New York, United States), authorised to replace The Topps Company, Inc. (represented by: D. Wieddekind and D. Wiemann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Raponi and D. Gája, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Trebor Robert Bilkiewicz (Gdańsk, Poland) (represented by: P. Ratnicki-Kiczka, lawyer)

Re:

By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 March 2021 (Case R 1326/2020-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Grants The Bazooka Companies, Inc., leave to replace The Topps Company, Inc., as applicant; |

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| 2. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 March 2021 (Case R 1326/2020-2); |

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| 3. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by The Bazooka Companies; |

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| 4. | Orders Mr Trebor Robert Bilkiewicz to bear his own costs. |

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