CELEX: 62016TA0872
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-872/16: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2021 — repowermap.org v EUIPO — Repower (REPOWER) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark REPOWER — Absolute ground for invalidity — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Right to be heard — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) — Freedom of expression)

21.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/16
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2021 — repowermap.org v EUIPO — Repower (REPOWER)
      (Case T-872/16) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark REPOWER - Absolute ground for invalidity - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Obligation to state reasons - Right to be heard - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001) - Freedom of expression)
      (2021/C 242/21)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: repowermap.org (Bern, Switzerland) (represented by: P. González-Bueno Catalán de Ocón and W. Sakulin, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Repower AG (Brusio, Switzerland) (represented by: R. Kunz-Hallstein and H. Kunz-Hallstein, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 September 2016 (Case R 2311/2014-5) relating to invalidity proceedings between repowermap.org and Repower.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Alters the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 September 2016 (Case R 2311/2014-5) in such a way as to cancel the contested mark with respect to the following services:
                  
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                              Class 37: ‘Services of heating engineers’;
                           
                        
                              —
                           
                           
                              Class 42: ‘Scientific services and research and development relating thereto; industrial research and analyses.’
                           
                        
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action for the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders repowermap.org to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by EUIPO and Repower AG.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 30, 30.1.2017.