CELEX: 62020TA0096
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-96/20: Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 — Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult v EUIPO (Limbic® Types) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark Limbic® Types — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court — Referral of the case back to the Grand Board of Appeal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Error of law — Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion — Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Res judicata — Article 72(6) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Composition of the Grand Board of Appeal)

18.10.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 422/13
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 — Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult v EUIPO (Limbic® Types)
      (Case T-96/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark Limbic® Types - Absolute grounds for refusal - Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court - Referral of the case back to the Grand Board of Appeal - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Error of law - Examination of the facts of the Office’s own motion - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Res judicata - Article 72(6) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Composition of the Grand Board of Appeal)
      (2021/C 422/18)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult AG (Munich, Germany) (represented by: R. Kunze, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 December 2019 (Case R 1276/2017-G), concerning an application for registration of the word sign Limbic® Types as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 December 2019 (Case R 1276/2017-G);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 191, 8.6.2020.