CELEX: 62017CA0340
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Case C-340/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 November 2018 — Alcohol Countermeasure Systems (International) Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (Appeal — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Invalidity proceedings — Declaration of invalidity on the basis of an earlier United Kingdom trade mark — Genuine use — Proof — Effects of the procedure for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on the proceedings before the General Court and the lawfulness of the decision at issue — None)

28.1.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 35/6
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 November 2018 — Alcohol Countermeasure Systems (International) Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      (Case C-340/17 P) (1)
      
      ((Appeal - EU trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Invalidity proceedings - Declaration of invalidity on the basis of an earlier United Kingdom trade mark - Genuine use - Proof - Effects of the procedure for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on the proceedings before the General Court and the lawfulness of the decision at issue - None))
      (2019/C 35/07)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: Alcohol Countermeasure Systems (International) Inc. (represented by: E. Baud and P. Marchiset, avocats)
      
         Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Botis and S. Hanne, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: C. Brodie and Z. Lavery, acting as Agents, and by N. Saunders, Barrister)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Alcohol Countermeasure Systems (International) Inc. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO);
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 347, 16.10.2017.