CELEX: 62020TA0712
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-712/20: Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — Škoda Investment v EUIPO — Škoda Auto (Representation of an arrow with wing) (EU trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for an EU figurative mark representing an arrow with wing — Earlier EU figurative mark representing an arrow with wing — Relative ground for refusal — Partial rejection of the opposition — Limited scope of the opposition in the context of the appeal before the Board of Appeal — Partial withdrawal of the opposition — Plea raised by the Board of Appeal of its own motion — Prohibition on ruling ultra petita)

6.12.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 490/40
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 — Škoda Investment v EUIPO — Škoda Auto (Representation of an arrow with wing)
      (Case T-712/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Application for an EU figurative mark representing an arrow with wing - Earlier EU figurative mark representing an arrow with wing - Relative ground for refusal - Partial rejection of the opposition - Limited scope of the opposition in the context of the appeal before the Board of Appeal - Partial withdrawal of the opposition - Plea raised by the Board of Appeal of its own motion - Prohibition on ruling ultra petita)
      (2021/C 490/47)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Škoda Investment a.s. (Plzeň, Czech Republic) (represented by: L. Lorenc, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Gája, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Škoda Auto a.s. (Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic) (represented by: J. Fesenmair, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 October 2020 (Case R 284/2020-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Škoda Investment and Škoda Auto.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Škoda Investment a.s. to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Škoda Auto a.s. in the proceedings before the General Court.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 35, 1.2.2021.