Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 November 2019 — Outsource Professional Services v EUIPO

(Case C‑528/18 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62018CJ0528_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Absolute grounds for invalidity — Article 52(1)(b) — Bad faith at the time that an application for a trade mark is filed)

| 1. | Appeal — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 47) |

| 2. | Appeal — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted — Requirement that the distortion be obvious from the documents in the file  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 48) |

| 3. | EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Absolute grounds for invalidity — Applicant in bad faith when lodging the trade mark application — Criteria for assessment — No need to prove the existence of the likelihood of confusion between the marks at issue  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see para. 61, 62) |

| 4. | EU trade mark — Surrender, revocation and invalidity — Absolute grounds for invalidity — Applicant in bad faith when lodging the trade mark application — Criteria for assessment — Taking into account of all relevant factors at the time of filing the application for registration — Intention of the applicant  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b))  (see para. 63) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

| 2. | Orders Outsource Professional Services Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Flatworld Solutions Pvt Ltd in relation to the appeal proceedings; |

| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs in relation to the appeal proceedings. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62018CJ0528_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 445, 10.12.2018](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2018:445:TOC).

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