CELEX: 62019CA0607
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-607/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Husqvarna AB v Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG, formerly Lidl E-Commerce International GmbH & Co. KG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade marks — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 51(1)(a) — Article 55(1) — Revocation of rights in an EU mark — EU mark which has not been put to genuine use within a continuous period of five years — Expiry of the period of five years — Date of assessment)

22.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 62/5
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Husqvarna AB v Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG, formerly Lidl E-Commerce International GmbH & Co. KG
      (Case C-607/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - EU trade marks - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 51(1)(a) - Article 55(1) - Revocation of rights in an EU mark - EU mark which has not been put to genuine use within a continuous period of five years - Expiry of the period of five years - Date of assessment)
      (2021/C 62/04)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Bundesgerichtshof
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant and appellant on a point of law: Husqvarna AB
      
         Defendant and respondent in the appeal on a point of law: Lidl Digital International GmbH & Co. KG, formerly Lidl E-Commerce International GmbH & Co. KG
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 51(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the [European Union] trade mark must be interpreted as meaning that, in the case of a counterclaim for the revocation of rights in an EU mark, the relevant date for the purposes of determining whether the continuous five-year period referred to in that provision has ended is the date on which that counterclaim was filed.
      
         (1)  OJ C 27, 27.1.2020.