Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 9.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 378/30 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Kludi v EUIPO — Adlon Brand (ADLON)

(Case T-144/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020378EN.01003001-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark ADLON - Earlier EU word mark ADLON - Proof of the reputation of the earlier mark - Rule 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 7 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) - Temporal application of the law - Late submission of documents - Board of Appeal’s discretion - Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Relative ground for refusal - Damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark)

(2020/C 378/35)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Kludi GmbH & Co. KG (Menden, Germany) (represented by: A. Zafar, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Adlon Brand GmbH & Co. KG (Düren, Germany) (represented by: P. Baronikians, E. Saarmann and N. Dimmler, lawyers)

Re

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 November 2018 (Case R 1500/2018-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Adlon Brand and Kludi.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Kludi GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs. |

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