CELEX: 62017TA0082
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-82/17: Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2018 — PepsiCo v EUIPO — Intersnack Group (Exxtra Deep) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark Exxtra Deep — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

28.1.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 35/20
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2018 — PepsiCo v EUIPO — Intersnack Group (Exxtra Deep)
      (Case T-82/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark Exxtra Deep - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
      (2019/C 35/24)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc. (New York, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: T. Lampel and M. Pfaff, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 November 2016 (Case R 482/2016-4), concerning invalidity proceedings between PepsiCo and Intersnack Group.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 November 2016 (Case R 482/2016-4);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by PepsiCo, Inc.;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 121, 18.4.2017.