Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 3.8.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 255/15 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 10 June 2020 — Boyer v EUIPO — Philicon-97 (PHILIBON DEPUIS 1957 www.philibon.com)

(Case T-718/18) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020255EN.01001502-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark PHILIBON DEPUIS 1957 www.philibon.com - Earlier national figurative mark PHILICON - Relative ground for refusal - Well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention - Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2020/C 255/19)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Boyer (Moissac, France) (represented by: É. Junca, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Lapinskaite, A. Folliard-Monguiral, H. O’Neill and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Philicon-97 AD (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) (represented by: V. Pavlov and M. Lazarov, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 October 2018 (Case R 374/2018-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Philicon 97 and Boyer.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Boyer to pay the costs. |

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