Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 9 October 2019 –  
Esim Chemicals v EUIPO — Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite (ESIM Chemicals)

(Case T‑713/18)

(EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ESIM Chemicals — Earlier national word mark ESKIM — Relative ground for refusal — Failure to comply with the obligation to pay the appeal fee within the period prescribed — Decision of the Board of Appeal declaring that the appeal is deemed not to have been filed — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

EU trade mark — Procedural provisions — Time limits — Claim barred by lapse of time — Exceptions — Obligation of care and diligence

(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001)

(see paras 34-36)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 October 2018 (Case R 1267/2018-5) relating to opposition proceedings between Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite and Esim Chemicals.

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | Esim Chemicals GmbH shall bear its own costs and pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). |

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