CELEX: 62020TA0274
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-274/20: Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2021 — MHCS v EUIPO — Lidl Stiftung (Shade of the colour orange) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Figurative EU mark depicting a shade of the colour orange — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Examination of the facts of the EUIPO’s own motion — Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Nature of the mark — Colour mark — Right to be heard — Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001)

8.11.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 452/34
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 September 2021 — MHCS v EUIPO — Lidl Stiftung (Shade of the colour orange)
      (Case T-274/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Figurative EU mark depicting a shade of the colour orange - Absolute ground for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Examination of the facts of the EUIPO’s own motion - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Nature of the mark - Colour mark - Right to be heard - Article 94 of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 452/40)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: MHCS (Épernay, France) (represented by: O. Vrins and B. Raus, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: M. Kefferpütz and K. Wagner, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 February 2020 (Case R 2392/2018-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Lidl Stiftung & Co. & MHCS.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 24 February 2020 (Case R 2392/2018-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay, in addition to its own costs, half of the costs incurred by MHCS;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG to pay, in addition to its own costs, half of the costs incurred by MHCS.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 247, 27.7.2020.