Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 December 2020 –  
Pareto Trading v EUIPO – Bikor and Bikor Professional Color Cosmetics Małgorzata Wedekind (BIKOR EGYPTIAN EARTH)

(Case T‑438/18)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark BIKOR EGYPTIAN EARTH – Absolute ground for refusal – Bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when lodging the trade mark application – Criteria for assessment – Taking into account of all relevant factors at the time of filing the application for registration – Applicant’s knowledge that a third party is using an identical or similar sign – Intention of the applicant – Degree of legal protection of the signs at issue – Commercial logic underlying the registration of the contested sign as an EU trade mark – Chronology of events characterising the filing of the trade mark application  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paras 18-22) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when lodging the trade mark application – Word mark BIKOR EGYPTIAN EARTH  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paras 44, 45) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 April 2018 (Case R 1826/2015-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Pareto Trading, on the one hand, and Ms Bikor and Bikor Professional Color Cosmetics Małgorzata Wedekind, on the other.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Pareto Trading Co., Inc. to pay the costs. |

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