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Case T-419/17: Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2018 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (VSL#3) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark VSL#3 — Trade mark having become a common name in the trade for a product or service for which it is registered — Mark liable to mislead the public — Article 51(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

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Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2018 — Mendes v EUIPO — Actial Farmaceutica (VSL#3)

(Case T-419/17) (
[1](#t-C_2018240EN.01004101-E0001)
)

‛(EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark VSL#3 — Trade mark having become a common name in the trade for a product or service for which it is registered — Mark liable to mislead the public — Article 51(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))’

2018/C 240/45Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Mendes SA (Lugano, Switzerland) (represented by: G. Carpineti, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the Court: Actial Farmaceutica Srl (Rome, Italy) (represented by: S. Giudici, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 May 2017 (Case R 1306/2016-2), relating to revocation proceedings between Mendes and Actial Farmaceutica.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Mendes SA to bear the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-C_2018240EN.01004101-E0001)
) [OJ C 277, 21.8.2017](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2017:277:TOC).

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