Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 July 2022 –  
Aerospinning Master Franchising v EUIPO – Mad Dogg Athletics (SPINNING)

(Case T‑246/20) (
[1](#t-ECR_62020TJ0246_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Revocation proceedings – EU word mark SPINNING – Trade mark which has become the common name in the trade for a product or service in respect of which it is registered – Article 51(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Relevant public)

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Mark which has become, in consequence of acts or inactivity of its proprietor, a common name in the trade – Conditions  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 51(1)(b))  (see paras 31-33, 83) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Mark which has become, in consequence of acts or inactivity of its proprietor, a common name in the trade – Assessment in the light of the perception of the sign by the relevant classes of persons  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 51(1)(b))  (see paras 34-38) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Grounds for revocation – Mark which has become, in consequence of acts or inactivity of its proprietor, a common name in the trade – Word mark SPINNING  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 51(1)(b))  (see paras 39, 44, 47, 50, 53, 54, 60, 75-77, 84, 85) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Aerospinning Master Franchising s. r. o. to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62020TJ0246_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 215, 29.6.2020](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2020:215:TOC).

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