CELEX: 62020TA0758
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-758/20 and T-759/20: Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021 — Monster Energy v EUIPO — Frito-Lay Trading Company (MONSTER and MONSTER ENERGY) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word marks MONSTER and MONSTER ENERGY — Genuine use of the marks — Use in connection with the goods in respect of which the marks were registered — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

10.1.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 11/26
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021 — Monster Energy v EUIPO — Frito-Lay Trading Company (MONSTER and MONSTER ENERGY)
      (Joined Cases T-758/20 and T-759/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU word marks MONSTER and MONSTER ENERGY - Genuine use of the marks - Use in connection with the goods in respect of which the marks were registered - Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2022/C 11/35)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Monster Energy Co. (Corona, California, United States) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Ruzek and E. Śliwińska, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH (Bern, Switzerland) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Two actions brought against the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 October 2020 (Cases R 2927/2019-2 and R 2928/2019-2), relating to two revocation proceedings between Frito-Lay Trading Company and Monster Energy.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the actions;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Monster Energy Co. to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 53, 15.2.2021.