CELEX: 62012CA0530
Language: en
Date: 2014-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-530/12 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 27 March 2014  — Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) v National Lottery Commission (Appeals — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 52(2)(c) — Application for a declaration of invalidity based on an earlier copyright under national law — Application by OHIM of national law — Role of the European Union judicature)

19.5.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 151/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 27 March 2014 — Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) v National Lottery Commission
   (Case C-530/12 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeals - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Article 52(2)(c) - Application for a declaration of invalidity based on an earlier copyright under national law - Application by OHIM of national law - Role of the European Union judicature))
   2014/C 151/03
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock and F. Mattina, Agents)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: National Lottery Commission (represented by: R. Cardas, Advocate, and B. Brandreth, Barrister)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 September 2012 in Case T-404/10 National Lottery Commission v OHIM, by which the General Court dismissed Decision R 1028/2009-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 9 June 2010, dismissing the appeal against the decision of the Cancellation Division which upheld the application for a declaration of invalidity lodged by Mediatek Italia and Giuseppe De Grégorio — Community figurative mark representing a hand with two crossed fingers and a smiling face — Article 53(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Existence of an earlier copyright protected by national law — Burden of proof — Application by OHIM of national law.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 13 September 2012 in Case T-404/10 National Lottery Commission v OHIM — Mediatek Italia and De Gregorio (Representation of a hand);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union for a ruling on the merits of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders that the costs be reserved.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2013.