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Case T-2/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 May 2018 — J-M.-E.V. e hijos v EUIPO — Masi (MASSI) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Application for registration of the EU word mark MASSI — Earlier national word mark MASI — Article 56(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 63(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Res judicata — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Well-known mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention)

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Judgment of the General Court of 3 May 2018 — J-M.-E.V. e hijos v EUIPO — Masi (MASSI)

(Case T-2/17) (
[1](#t-C_2018221EN.01001901-E0001)
)

‛(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Application for registration of the EU word mark MASSI — Earlier national word mark MASI — Article 56(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 63(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Res judicata — Article 53(1)(a) and Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(a) and Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Well-known mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention)’

2018/C 221/22Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: J-M.-E.V. e hijos, SRL (Granollers, Spain) (represented by: M. Ceballos Rodríguez and J. Güell Serra, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Alberto Masi (Milan, Italy) (represented by: C. Ceriani, S. Giudici and A. Ferreri, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 October 2016 (R 793/2015-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mr Masi and J-M.-E.V. e hijos.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 October 2016 (R 793/2015-1); |

| 2. | Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by J-M.-E.V. e hijos, SRL; |

| 3. | Orders Mr Alberto Masi to bear his own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-C_2018221EN.01001901-E0001)
) [OJ C 63, 27.2.2017](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2017:063:TOC).

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