CELEX: 62016TA0910
Language: en
Date: 2019-04-04 00:00:00
Title: Cases T-910/16 and T 911/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 –Hesse and Wedl & Hofmann v EUIPO (TESTA ROSSA) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU figurative mark TESTA ROSSA — Partial revocation — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Proof of use — Outward use of the contested mark — Equal treatment)

3.6.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 187/64
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 4 April 2019 –Hesse and Wedl & Hofmann v EUIPO (TESTA ROSSA)
      (Cases T-910/16 and T 911/16) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU figurative mark TESTA ROSSA - Partial revocation - Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Proof of use - Outward use of the contested mark - Equal treatment)
      (2019/C 187/67)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant in Case T-910/16: Kurt Hesse (Nuremberg, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer)
      
         Applicant in Case T-911/16: Wedl & Hofmann GmbH (Mils, Austria) (represented by: T. Raubal, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by M. Fischer, acting as Agent)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, interveners before the General Court, respectively in Case T-910/16 and Case T-911/16: Wedl & Hofmann GmbH and Kurt Hesse
      
         Re:
      
      Actions brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 October 2016 (Case R 68/2016-1), relating to revocation proceedings between Mr Hesse and Wedl & Hofmann.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Joins Cases T-910/16 and T-911/16 for the purposes of the judgment;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the actions;
                  
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Mr Kurt Hesse to pay the costs in Case T-910/16;
                  
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Wedl & Hofmann GmbH to pay the costs in Case T-911/16.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 53, 20.2.2017.