CELEX: 62018CA0449
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases C-449/18 P and C-474/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 September 2020 — European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL (C-449/18 P) and J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL v Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (C-474/18 P) (Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 8(1)(b) — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU figurative mark MESSI — Earlier EU word marks MASSI — Partial refusal of registration)

16.11.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 390/2
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 September 2020 — European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL (C-449/18 P) and J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL v Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (C-474/18 P)
      (Joined Cases C-449/18 P and C-474/18 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - EU trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 8(1)(b) - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU figurative mark MESSI - Earlier EU word marks MASSI - Partial refusal of registration)
      (2020/C 390/02)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         (Case C-449/18 P)
      
      
         Appellant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, Acting as Agent)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini (represented by: J.-Y. Teindas Maillard and J.-B. Devaureix, abogados), J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL (represented by: J. Güell Serra and R. Gimeno-Bayón Cobos, abogados)
      
         (Case C-474/18 P)
      
      
         Appellant: J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL (represented by: J. Güell Serra and R. Gimeno-Bayón Cobos, abogados)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini (represented by: J.-Y. Teindas Maillard and J.-B. Devaureix, abogados), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas, Acting as Agent)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                  Dismisses the appeals;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini in Case C-449/18 P;
               
            
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                  Orders J.M.-E.V. e hijos SRL to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini and by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Case C-474/18 P.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 392, 29.10.2018.