CELEX: 62018CA0529
Language: en
Date: 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases C-529/18 P and C-531/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — PJ v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-529/18 P), PC v PJ, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-531/18 P) (Appeal — Principles of EU law — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Representation of parties in direct actions before the Courts of the European Union — Lawyer representing the applicant as a third party — Requirement of independence — Lawyer working as an associate in a law firm — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)

16.5.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 198/2
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — PJ v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-529/18 P), PC v PJ, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-531/18 P)
      (Joined Cases C-529/18 P and C-531/18 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Principles of EU law - Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union - Representation of parties in direct actions before the Courts of the European Union - Lawyer representing the applicant as a third party - Requirement of independence - Lawyer working as an associate in a law firm - Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)
      (2022/C 198/02)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         (Case C-529/18 P)
      
      
         Appellant: PJ (represented by: J. Lipinsky and C. von Donat, Rechtsanwälte)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Botis and A. Söder, agents), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (represented by: H. Kunz-Hallstein and R. Kunz-Hallstein, Rechtsanwälte)
      
         (Case C-531/18 P)
      
      
         Appellant: PC (represented by: J. Lipinsky and C. von Donat, Rechtsanwälte)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: PJ (represented by: J. Lipinsky and C. von Donat, Rechtsanwälte), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Botis and A. Söder, agents), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (represented by: H. Kunz-Hallstein and R. Kunz-Hallstein, Rechtsanwälte)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeals;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders PJ to pay the costs incurred in Case C-529/18 P in both the present appeal and the proceedings before the General Court;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders PC is to pay the costs incurred in Case C-531/18 P in both the present appeal and the proceedings before the General Court.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 103, 30.3.2020.