Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 1.2.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 35/48 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 9 December 2020 — easyCosmetic Swiss v EUIPO — UWI (easycosmetic)

(Case T-858/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021035EN.01004801-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark easyCosmetic - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2021/C 35/62)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: easyCosmetic Swiss GmbH (Baar, Switzerland) (represented by: D. Terheggen and S. Sullivan, lawyers)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: UWI Unternehmensberatungs- und Wirtschaftsinformations GmbH (Bad Nauheim, Germany) (represented by: M. Krisch, T. Guttau and V. Wellens, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 October 2019 (Case R 973/2019-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between UWI and easyCosmetic Swiss.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders EasyCosmetic Swiss GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); |

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| 3. | Orders UWI Unternehmensberatungs- und Wirtschaftsinformations GmbH to bear its own costs. |

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