CELEX: 62019TA0535
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-535/19: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — H.R. Participations v EUIPO — Hottinger Investment Management (JCE HOTTINGUER) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark JCE HOTTINGUER — Non-registered earlier national trade mark HOTTINGER — Relative ground for refusal — Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark — Rules governing common law actions for passing-off — Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, respectively))

15.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 53/35
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — H.R. Participations v EUIPO — Hottinger Investment Management (JCE HOTTINGUER)
      (Case T-535/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark JCE HOTTINGUER - Non-registered earlier national trade mark HOTTINGER - Relative ground for refusal - Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark - Rules governing common law actions for passing-off - Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001, respectively))
      (2021/C 53/46)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: H.R. Participations SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: P. Wilhelm, J. Rossi, E. Dumur and G. Hadot-Pericard, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hottinger Investment Management Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: W. Sander, Solicitor, and M. Beebe, Barrister)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 May 2019 (Case R 2078/2018-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Hottinger Investment Management and H.R. Participations.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders H.R. Participations SA to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 312, 16.9.2019.