CELEX: 62019TA0144
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-144/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Kludi v EUIPO — Adlon Brand (ADLON) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for EU word mark ADLON — Earlier EU word mark ADLON — Proof of the reputation of the earlier mark — Rule 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 7 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) — Temporal application of the law — Late submission of documents — Board of Appeal’s discretion — Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Relative ground for refusal — Damage to reputation — Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark)

9.11.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 378/30
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2020 — Kludi v EUIPO — Adlon Brand (ADLON)
      (Case T-144/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for EU word mark ADLON - Earlier EU word mark ADLON - Proof of the reputation of the earlier mark - Rule 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 (now Article 7 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625) - Temporal application of the law - Late submission of documents - Board of Appeal’s discretion - Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Relative ground for refusal - Damage to reputation - Article 8(5) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Unfair advantage taken of the distinctive character or the repute of the earlier trade mark)
      (2020/C 378/35)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Kludi GmbH & Co. KG (Menden, Germany) (represented by: A. Zafar, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Adlon Brand GmbH & Co. KG (Düren, Germany) (represented by: P. Baronikians, E. Saarmann and N. Dimmler, lawyers)
      
         Re
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 November 2018 (Case R 1500/2018-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Adlon Brand and Kludi.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Kludi GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 139, 15.4.2019.