CELEX: 62018CA0818
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases C-818/18 P and C-6/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 June 2021 — The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd v Pirelli Tyre SpA (C-818/18 P), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Pirelli Tyre SpA (C-6/19 P) (Appeal — EU trade mark — Absolute grounds for refusal or invalidity of registration — Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) — Sign consisting of a shape which does not represent a significant part of the goods)

19.7.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 289/3
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 June 2021 — The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd v Pirelli Tyre SpA (C-818/18 P), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Pirelli Tyre SpA (C-6/19 P)
      (Joined Cases C-818/18 P and C-6/19 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - EU trade mark - Absolute grounds for refusal or invalidity of registration - Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 7(1)(e)(ii) - Sign consisting of a shape which does not represent a significant part of the goods)
      (2021/C 289/04)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         (Case C-818/18 P)
      
      
         Appellant: The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd (represented by: D. Martucci and F. Boscariol de Roberto, avvocati)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: Pirelli Tyre SpA (represented by: T.M. Müller and F. Togo, Rechtsanwälte), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: European Association of Trade Mark Owners (Marques) (represented by: M. Viefhues, Rechtsanwalt)
      
         (Case C-6/19 P)
      
      
         Appellant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: Pirelli Tyre SpA (represented by: T.M. Müller and F. Togo, Rechtsanwälte), The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd (represented by: D. Martucci and F. Boscariol de Roberto, avvocati)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: European Association of Trade Mark Owners (Marques) (represented by: M. Viefhues, Rechtsanwalt)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeals in Cases C-818/18 P and C-6/19 P;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs in relation to the appeal proceedings in Cases C-818/18 P and C-6/19 P and to pay, in equal parts, the costs incurred by Pirelli Tyre SpA in relation to those proceedings;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the European Association of Trade Mark Owners (Marques) to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 148, 29.4.2019.