CELEX: 62018TA0459
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-459/18: Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2019 — Lotte v EUIPO — Générale Biscuit-Glico France (PEPERO original) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark PEPERO original — Earlier national three-dimensional mark — Shape of an oblong biscuit partially covered with chocolate — Declaration of invalidity — Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Genuine use of the earlier mark — Earlier mark consisting of the shape of the product — Use as a trade mark — No alteration of distinctive character)

15.4.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 139/52
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 February 2019 — Lotte v EUIPO — Générale Biscuit-Glico France (PEPERO original)
      (Case T-459/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark PEPERO original - Earlier national three-dimensional mark - Shape of an oblong biscuit partially covered with chocolate - Declaration of invalidity - Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Genuine use of the earlier mark - Earlier mark consisting of the shape of the product - Use as a trade mark - No alteration of distinctive character)
      (2019/C 139/52)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Lotte Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) (represented by: G. Ringeisen, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Générale Biscuit-Glico France (Clamart, France) (represented by: A. Lecomte, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 May 2018 (Case R 913/2017-1) relating to invalidity proceedings between Générale Biscuit-Glico France and Lotte.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Lotte Corp. to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 364, 8.10.2018.