CELEX: 62015TA0476
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-476/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 September 2016 — European Food v EUIPO — Société des produits Nestlé (FITNESS) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark FITNESS — Absolute grounds for refusal — No distinctive character — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c), Article 52(1)(a) and Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rule 37(b)(iv) and Rule 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal)

7.11.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 410/17
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 28 September 2016 — European Food v EUIPO — Société des produits Nestlé (FITNESS)
   (Case T-476/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark FITNESS - Absolute grounds for refusal - No distinctive character - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c), Article 52(1)(a) and Article 76 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rule 37(b)(iv) and Rule 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 - Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal))
   (2016/C 410/23)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Food SA (Drăgănești, Romania) (represented by: I. Speciac, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, A. Lambrecht and S. Cobet-Nüse, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 June 2015 (Case R 2542/2013-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between European Food and Société des produits Nestlé.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 June 2015 (Case R 2542/2013-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between European Food SA and Société des produits Nestlé SA;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by European Food;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Société des produits Nestlé to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 337, 12.10.2015.