Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 16.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 390/2 |

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Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 September 2020 — European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL (C-449/18 P) and J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL v Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (C-474/18 P)

(Joined Cases C-449/18 P and C-474/18 P) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2020390EN.01000201-E0001)

(Appeal - EU trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8(1)(b) - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark MESSI - Earlier EU word marks MASSI - Partial refusal of registration)

(2020/C 390/02)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

(Case C-449/18 P)

Appellant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, Acting as Agent)

Other parties to the proceedings: Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini (represented by: J.-Y. Teindas Maillard and J.-B. Devaureix, abogados), J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL (represented by: J. Güell Serra and R. Gimeno-Bayón Cobos, abogados)

(Case C-474/18 P)

Appellant: J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL (represented by: J. Güell Serra and R. Gimeno-Bayón Cobos, abogados)

Other parties to the proceedings: Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini (represented by: J.-Y. Teindas Maillard and J.-B. Devaureix, abogados), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, Acting as Agent)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the appeals; |

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| 2. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini in Case C-449/18 P; |

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| 3. | Orders J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini and by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Case C-474/18 P. |

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