Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 April 2018 –  
NeoCell v EUIPO (BIOACTIVE NEOCELL COLLAGEN)

(Case T‑666/17)

(EU trade mark — Legal person governed by private law — No evidence of legal existence — Article 177(4) of the Rules of Procedure — Manifest inadmissibility)

| 1. | Actions for annulment—Locus standi—Legal persons—Meaning—Possession of legal personality in accordance with national law  (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(4))  (see para. 15) |

| 2. | Judicial proceedings—Admissibility of actions—Judged by reference to the situation when the application was lodged  (see para. 15) |

| 3. | Actions for annulment—Natural or legal persons—Locus standi—Action brought by a company no longer having legal personality at the time the action was brought following a merger agreement—No evidence of legal existence—Manifest inadmissibility  (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(4))  (see paras 16, 18-20, 22-27) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 July 2017 (Case R 147/2017-2), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark BIOACTIVE NEOCELL COLLAGEN.

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | NeoCell Corporation shall pay the costs. |

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