Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 5.9.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 340/33 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 6 July 2022 — Zdút v EUIPO — Nehera and Others (nehera)

(Case T-250/21) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2022340EN.01003302-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark NEHERA - Absolute ground for invalidity - No bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2022/C 340/45)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ladislav Zdút (Bratislava, Slovakia) (represented by: Y. Echevarría García, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, Agent)

Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, interveners before the General Court: Isabel Nehera, (Sutton, Ontario, Canada), Jean-Henri Nehera (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada), Natacha Sehnal, (Montferrier-sur-Lez, France) (represented by: W. Woll, lawyer)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 March 2021 (Case R 1216/2020-2).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 10 March 2021 (Case R 1216/2020-2); |

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| 2. | Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and those incurred by Mr Ladislav Zdút, including the necessary costs incurred in the appeal proceedings before the Board of Appeal; |

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| 3. | Declares that Ms Isabel Nehera, Mr Jean-Henri Nehera and Ms Natacha Sehnal are to bear their own costs. |

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