CELEX: 62017TA0193
Language: en
Date: 2018-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-193/17, T-194/17 and T-195/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 May 2018 — CeramTec v EUIPO — C5 Medical Werks (Shape of a part of a prosthetic hip and others) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a part of a prosthetic hip — Figurative EU trade mark representing a part of a prosthetic hip — EU trade mark consisting in a shade of pink — Withdrawal of applications for declarations of invalidity and closure of the invalidity proceedings — Action of the proprietor of the mark seeking the annulment of decisions closing proceedings — Inadmissibility of action before the Board of Appeal — Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

201806080231931492018/C 221/261932017TC22120180625EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180503222321Joined Cases T-193/17, T-194/17 and T-195/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 May 2018 — CeramTec v EUIPO — C5 Medical Werks (Shape of a part of a prosthetic hip and others) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a part of a prosthetic hip — Figurative EU trade mark representing a part of a prosthetic hip — EU trade mark consisting in a shade of pink — Withdrawal of applications for declarations of invalidity and closure of the invalidity proceedings — Action of the proprietor of the mark seeking the annulment of decisions closing proceedings — Inadmissibility of action before the Board of Appeal — Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
 ---documentbreak--- C2212018EN2210120180503EN0026221232Judgment of the General Court of 3 May 2018 — CeramTec v EUIPO — C5 Medical Werks (Shape of a part of a prosthetic hip and others)
   (Joined Cases T-193/17, T-194/17 and T-195/17) (
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   ‛(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a part of a prosthetic hip — Figurative EU trade mark representing a part of a prosthetic hip — EU trade mark consisting in a shade of pink — Withdrawal of applications for declarations of invalidity and closure of the invalidity proceedings — Action of the proprietor of the mark seeking the annulment of decisions closing proceedings — Inadmissibility of action before the Board of Appeal — Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))’2018/C 221/26Language of the case: English
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: CeramTec GmbH (Plochingen, Germany) (represented by: initially A. Renck and E. Nicolás Gómez, and subsequently A. Renck, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: C5 Medical Werks (Grand Junction, Colorado, United States) (represented by: S. Naumann, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Actions brought against the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 February 2017 (Cases R 929/2016-4, R 928/2016-4 and R 930/2016-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between C5 Medical Werks and CeramTec.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Dismisses the actions;
         
      
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            Orders CeramTec GmbH to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and C5 Medical Werks.
         
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      )	OJ C 161, 22.5.2017.