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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 November 2020 –  
Totalizator Sportowy v EUIPO – Lottoland Holdings (Lottoland)

(Case T‑820/19)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark Lottoland – Earlier national figurative marks LOTTO and Lotto – Earlier national word mark lotto – Declaration of partial invalidity – Relative ground for refusal – No damage to reputation – No link between the marks at issue – Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Protection of well-known earlier mark extended to dissimilar goods or services – Conditions – Link between the marks – Criteria for assessment  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(5))  (see paras 25-27, 29, 30, 35-37) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Protection of well-known earlier mark extended to dissimilar goods or services – Conditions – Link between the marks – Criteria for assessment – Account taken of the nature of the goods or services in question  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 8(5))  (see para. 28) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Word mark Lottoland – Figurative marks LOTTO and Lotto and word mark lotto  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Arts 8(5) and 60(1)(a))  (see paras 43, 60, 62-64, 66, 68) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 October 2019 (Case R 97/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Totalizator Sportowy and Lottoland Holdings.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Totalizator Sportowy sp. z o.o. to pay the costs. |

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