CELEX: 62016TA0035
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-35/16: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2017 — Sony Computer Entertainment Europe v EUIPO — Vieta Audio (Vita) (EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark Vita — Genuine use of the mark — Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Use in connection with the goods in question — Obligation to state reasons)

29.1.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 32/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2017 — Sony Computer Entertainment Europe v EUIPO — Vieta Audio (Vita)
   (Case T-35/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Revocation proceedings - EU word mark Vita - Genuine use of the mark - Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Use in connection with the goods in question - Obligation to state reasons))
   (2018/C 032/28)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz QC)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. Kunz, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Vieta Audio, SA (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by I. Barroso Sánchez-Lafuente, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 November 2015 (Case R 2232/2014-5), relating to revocation proceedings between Vieta Audio and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 November 2015 (Case R 2232/2014-5), relating to revocation proceedings between Vieta Audio, SA and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Vieta Audio to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.