Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 15 January 2019 –  
Computer Market v EUIPO (COMPUTER MARKET)

(Case T‑111/17)

(EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark COMPUTER MARKET — Absolute ground for refusal — Late filing of the notice of appeal — Inadmissibility of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Rule 49(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 23(1)(b) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625))

| 1. | Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Similar requirements for submissions made in support of a plea  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para. and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))  (see para. 24) |

| 2. | EU trade mark — Appeals procedure — Form of appeal and period within which it must be brought — To be brought in writing and within a period of two months — Absence  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 60; Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 49(1))  (see paras 30, 31, 43) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 December 2016 (Case R 1778/2016-2), relating to an application for registration of the figurative sign COMPUTER MARKET as an EU trade mark.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Computer Market to pay the costs. |

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