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Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 April 2018 — Fiesta Hotels & Resorts v EUIPO

(Case C‑75/17 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62017CJ0075_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(4) — Article 65 — Unregistered trade name GRAND HOTEL PALLADIUM — Figurative mark containing the word elements ‘PALLADIUM PALACE IBIZA RESORT & SPA’ — Application for a declaration of invalidity based on a prior right acquired pursuant to national law — Conditions — Sign of more than merely local significance — Right to prohibit the use of a subsequent trade mark)

| 1. | EU trade mark—Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark—Relative grounds for refusal—Opposition by the proprietor of an unregistered trade mark or other sign used in the course of trade—Conditions—Assessment by reference to the criteria determined by the national law governing the sign relied on  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(4))  (see para. 34) |

| 2. | EU trade mark—Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark—Relative grounds for refusal—Opposition by the proprietor of an unregistered trade mark or other sign used in the course of trade—Local scope of sign—Criteria for assessment  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(4))  (see paras 35, 39) |

| 3. | Appeal—Grounds—Review by the Court of the assessment of the rules of national law relied on by a party—Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted  (Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 45) |

| 4. | EU trade mark—Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark—Relative grounds for refusal—Opposition by the proprietor of an unregistered trade mark or other sign used in the course of trade—Conditions—Existence of an earlier right not invalidated by a court decision which has become final  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(4))  (see paras 49, 50) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

| 2. | Orders Fiesta Hotels & Resorts SL to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62017CJ0075_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 151, 15.5.2017](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2017:151:TOC).

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