CELEX: 62017TA0488
Language: en
Date: 2018-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-488/17: Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2018 — Ghost — Corporate Management v EUIPO (Dry Zone) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark Dry Zone — Period for bringing an action — Lateness — Inadmissibility of the appeal brought before the Board of Appeal — Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — No force majeure or unforeseeable circumstances — Obligations of care and diligence — Legitimate expectations)

12.11.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 408/54
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2018 — Ghost — Corporate Management v EUIPO (Dry Zone)
      (Case T-488/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark Dry Zone - Period for bringing an action - Lateness - Inadmissibility of the appeal brought before the Board of Appeal - Article 60 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - No force majeure or unforeseeable circumstances - Obligations of care and diligence - Legitimate expectations))
      (2018/C 408/70)
      Language of the case: Portuguese
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ghost — Corporate Management SA (Lisbon, Portugal) (represented by: S. de Barros Araújo, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 June 2017 (Case R 683/2017-2) concerning an application for registration of the word sign Dry Zone as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Ghost — Corporate Management SA to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 309, 18.9.2017.