Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 15.2.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 53/33 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Pareto Trading v EUIPO — Bikor and Bikor Professional Color Cosmetics (BIKOR EGYPTIAN EARTH)

(Case T-438/18) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021053EN.01003301-E0001)

(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))

(2021/C 53/43)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Pareto Trading Co., Inc. (Carlstadt, New Jersey, United States) (represented by: I. Sempere Massa, C. Martínez-Tercero Molina and V. Balaguer Fuentes, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, H. O’Neill, V. Ruzek and S. Hanne, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Elżbieta Korbut Bikor (Gdańsk, Poland) and Bikor Professional Color Cosmetics Małgorzata Wedekind (Gdańsk)

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 of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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

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