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Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 March 2024 –  
Nehera and Others v EUIPO – Zdút (nehera and Others)

(Cases T‑334/23 to T‑337/23) (
[1](#t-ECR_62023TJ0334_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative and word marks nehera, NEHERA and NEHERA PRAGUE – Absolute ground for invalidity – No bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds for invalidity – Applicant in bad faith when filing the trade mark application – Figurative marks nehera and NEHERA and word mark NEHERA PRAGUE  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 34, 39, 40) |

| 2. | Action for annulment – Pleas in law – Pleas in law and complaints which cannot lead to the annulment of the contested measure – Ineffective pleas in law  (Art. 263 TFEU)  (see paragraph 37) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Joins Cases T-334/23 to T-337/23 for the purposes of the judgment; |

| 2. | Dismisses the actions; |

| 3. | Orders Ms Isabel Nehera, Ms Natacha Sehnal and Mr Jean-Henri Nehera to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Ladislav Zdút before the General Court; |

| 4. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62023TJ0334_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 286, 14.8.2023](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2023:286:TOC).

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