Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 18 January 2018 –  
W&O medical esthetics v EUIPO — Fidia farmaceutici (HYALSTYLE)

(Case T‑178/17)

(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark HYALSTYLE — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Request for the hearing of witnesses — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded in law)

| 1. | EU trade mark—Procedural provisions—Measures of inquiry—Hearing of witnesses—Discretion of the Board of Appeal  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 78(1)(b); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Art. 1, Rule 57)  (see paras 17-19) |

| 2. | EU trade mark—Surrender, revocation and invalidity—Absolute grounds for invalidity—Applicant in bad faith when lodging the trade mark application—Criteria for assessment—Taking into account of all relevant factors at the time of filing the application for registration—Applicant’s knowledge that a third party is using an identical or similar sign—Circumstance not sufficient to establish bad faith  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paras 28-30) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 January 2017 (Case R 872/2016-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between W&O medical esthetics and Fidia farmaceutici.

Operative part

| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

| 2. | W&O medical esthetics GmbH shall bear its own costs and those of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and of Fidia farmaceutici SpA. |

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