Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 December 2021 –  
Worldwide Spirits Supply v EUIPO – Melfinco (CLEOPATRA QUEEN)

(Case T‑870/19) (
[1](#t-ECR_62019TJ0870_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark CLEOPATRA QUEEN – Earlier national word mark CLEOPATRA MELFINCO – Articles 15 and 57 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Articles 18 and 64 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Proof of genuine use of the earlier mark – Declaration of invalidity)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Examination of the application – Application for a declaration of invalidity filed during the five-year period following registration of the earlier mark – Need to prove use of the earlier mark – None  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 9(1), 15(1), 42(2), 51(1)(a) and 57(2) and (3))  (see paragraphs 24, 26-30, 32, 33) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Coexistence of earlier marks on the market – Effect  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 40, 42-44) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an identical or similar earlier mark registered in respect of identical or similar goods or services – Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark – Figurative mark CLEOPATRA QUEEN and word mark CLEOPATRA MELFINCO  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 45, 46) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Worldwide Spirits Supply, Inc. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

| 3. | Orders Melfinco S.A. to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62019TJ0870_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 77, 9.3.2020](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2020:077:TOC).

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