Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 23 October 2024 –  
BBF Company v EUIPO – Monster Energy (INSOMNIA ENERGY)

(Case T‑59/24) (
[1](#t-ECR_62024TJ0059_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark INSOMNIA ENERGY – Earlier EU figurative mark MONSTER ENERGY – Relative grounds for invalidity – Damage to reputation – Taking unfair advantage of the distinctive character or repute of the earlier mark – Article 8(5) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Abstract statement – Inadmissibility  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 177(1)(d))  (see paragraphs 25-27) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Appeals procedure – Action before the EU judicature – Condition of admissibility – Pleas directed only against decisions of the Boards of Appeal  (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72(1))  (see paragraph 30) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Extension of protection of the earlier mark with a reputation to dissimilar goods or services – Aim  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(5) and 53(1)(a))  (see paragraph 35) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Extension of protection of the earlier mark with a reputation to dissimilar goods or services – Conditions – Similarity between the marks concerned  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(5) and 53(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 36, 42, 47) |

| 5. | EU trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Relative grounds for invalidity – Existence of an earlier identical or similar mark enjoying a reputation – Figurative marks INSOMNIA ENERGY and MONSTER ENERGY  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Arts 8(5) and 53(1)(a))  (see paragraphs 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, 56) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Authorises BBF Company EOOD to replace Shoqëria Tregtare BBF Company SHPK as applicant; |

| 2. | Dismisses the action; |

| 3. | Orders each party to bear its own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62024TJ0059_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) OJ C, C/2024/2442, 8.4.2024.

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