CELEX: 62018TB0663
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-663/18: Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — Nissin Foods Holdings v EUIPO — The GB Foods (Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES — Absolute ground for invalidity — Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

16.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 423/54
            
         
      Order of the General Court of 26 September 2019 — Nissin Foods Holdings v EUIPO — The GB Foods (Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES)
      (Case T-663/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark Soba JAPANESE FRIED NOODLES - Absolute ground for invalidity - Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
      (2019/C 423/69)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd (Osaka, Japan) (represented by S. Malynicz QC, G. Messenger, Barrister, K. Gilbert and G. Lodge, Solicitors)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by G. Sakalaitė-Orlovskienė and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: The GB Foods, SA (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) (represented by E. Torner Lasalle, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 August 2018 (Case R 111/2018-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between The GB Foods and Nissin Foods Holdings.
      
         Operative part of the order
      
      
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                     The action is dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation in law.
                  
               
            
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                     Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd shall bear its own costs and pay the costs of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
                  
               
            
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                     The GB Foods, SA shall bear its own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 25, 21.1.2019.