Source: EURLEX
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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 October 2019 –  
Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — European Food (FITNESS)

(Case T‑536/18)

(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark FITNESS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court — Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal)

| 1. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action before the EU judicature — Jurisdiction of the General Court — Direction issued to the Office — Precluded  (Art. 266 TFEU; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 65(6))  (see paras 34, 36) |

| 2. | Action for annulment — Judgment annulling a measure — Effects — Obligation to implement — Scope — Both the operative part and the grounds of the judgment to be taken into account  (Art. 266 TFEU)  (see para. 35) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Statement of reasons for decisions — First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Scope identical to that of Article 296 TFEU  (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 75, first sentence)  (see para. 37) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Action brought against a decision by the Cancellation Division of EUIPO — Examination by the Board of Appeal — Scope — Evidence submitted for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Account taken — Discretion of the Board of Appeal  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 64(1) and 76(2); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, rule 50(1), third para)  (see para. 44) |

| 5. | EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Examination of the facts of EUIPO’s own motion — Facts and evidence not submitted in time — Account taken — Power of assessment of EUIPO  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 76(2))  (see para. 46) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 June 2018 (Case R 755/2018-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between European Food and Société des produits Nestlé.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 June 2018 (Case R 755/2018-2); |

| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Société des produits Nestlé SA; |

| 3. | Orders European Food SA to bear its own costs. |

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