CELEX: 62014TA0726
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-726/14: Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Novar v EUIPO (Non-contractual liability — Proof of the existence, validity and scope of protection of the earlier mark — International registration designating the European Union — Decision rejecting the opposition in the absence of proof of the earlier right — Rule 19(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 — Revision of the decision — Article 62(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Damage consisting in lawyers’ fees — Causal link)

3.4.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 104/42
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 17 February 2017 — Novar v EUIPO
   (Case T-726/14) (1)
   
   ((Non-contractual liability - Proof of the existence, validity and scope of protection of the earlier mark - International registration designating the European Union - Decision rejecting the opposition in the absence of proof of the earlier right - Rule 19(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 - Revision of the decision - Article 62(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Damage consisting in lawyers’ fees - Causal link))
   (2017/C 104/59)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Novar GmbH (Albstadt, Germany) (represented by: R. Weede, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Application pursuant to Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for material damage which the applicant allegedly sustained on account of lawyers’ fees that it incurred in an appeal against a decision of the Opposition Division allegedly adopted in breach of Rule 19(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark and of general legal principles.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Novar GmbH and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) each to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 7, 12.1.2015.