Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 29.11.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 481/22 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 6 October 2021 — Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ v EUIPO — Krasnyj Octyabr (Representation of a lobster)

(Case T-254/20) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021481EN.01002202-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a lobster - Absolute grounds for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - No descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Right to be heard - Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001)

(2021/C 481/31)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dochirnie pidpryiemstvo Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ (Kiev, Ukraine) (represented by: I. Lukauskienė, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: PAO Moscow Confectionery Factory ‘Krasnyj Octyabr’ (Moscow, Russia)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 March 2020 (Case R 1916/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Dochirnie pidpryiemstvo Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ and PAO Moscow Confectionery Factory ‘Krasnyj Octyabr’.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Dochirnie pidpryiemstvo Kondyterska korporatsiia ‘Roshen’ to pay the costs. |

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