Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 12.10.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 339/16 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 8 July 2020 — Welmax +. v EUIPO — Valmex Medical Imaging (welmax)

(Case T-305/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020339EN.01001601-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark welmax - Earlier EU word mark valmex - Time limits for an appeal before the Board of Appeal - Delay - Point from which time starts to run - Notification - Proof of dispatch by registered post - Communication by email - Failure to comply with the obligation to pay the appeal fee within the time limit - Appeal deemed not to have been filed - Scope of the requests for regularisation - Article 68(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Articles 23 and 56 to 58 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625)

(2020/C 339/19)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Welmax + sp. z o.o. sp.k. (Poznań, Poland) (represented by: M. Machyński, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Valmex Medical Imaging GmbH (Augsbourg, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 March 2019 (Case R 2245/2018-5), relating to opposition proceedings between Valmex Medical Imaging and Welmax +.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Welmax + sp. z o.o. sp.k. to pay the costs. |

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