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Case T-78/17: Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2018 — Jumbo Africa v EUIPO — ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing (JUMBO) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUMBO — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Article 52(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001))

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Judgment of the General Court of 26 June 2018 — Jumbo Africa v EUIPO — ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing (JUMBO)

(Case T-78/17) (
[1](#t-C_2018276EN.01004302-E0001)
)

‛(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JUMBO — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Article 52(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation 2017/1001))’

2018/C 276/72Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Jumbo Africa, SL (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by: M.C. Buganza González and E. Torner Lasalle, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. García Murillo and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing GmbH (Unterföhring, Germany)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 October 2016 (Case R 227/2016-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing and Jumbo Africa.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Jumbo Africa, SL to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). |

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(
[1](#c-C_2018276EN.01004302-E0001)
) [OJ C 104, 3.4.2017](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2017:104:TOC).

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