CELEX: 62015TA0101
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-101/15 and T-102/15: Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2017 — Red Bull v EUIPO — Optimum Mark (Combination of the colours blue and silver) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU trade mark consisting of a combination of the colours blue and silver — Absolute ground for refusal — Graphic representation that is sufficiently clear and precise — Need for a systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way — Legitimate expectations — Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

22.1.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 22/33
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 30 November 2017 — Red Bull v EUIPO — Optimum Mark (Combination of the colours blue and silver)
   (Joined Cases T-101/15 and T-102/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU trade mark consisting of a combination of the colours blue and silver - Absolute ground for refusal - Graphic representation that is sufficiently clear and precise - Need for a systematic arrangement associating the colours in a predetermined and uniform way - Legitimate expectations - Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 4 and Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2018/C 022/44)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Red Bull GmbH (Fuschl am See, Austria) (represented by: A. Renck, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
   
      Intervener in support of the applicant: Marques (Leicester, United Kingdom) (represented by: initially R. Mallinson and F. Delord, Solicitors, and subsequently R. Mallinson, Solicitor)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Optimum Mark sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: R. Skubisz, M. Mazurek, J. Dudzik and E. Jaroszyńska-Kozłowska, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Two actions brought against two decisions of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 December 2014 (Case R 2037/2013-1 and Case R 2036/2013-1, respectively), relating to invalidity proceedings between Optimum Mark and Red Bull.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Red Bull GmbH to pay the costs, including those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Optimum Mark sp. z o.o.;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Marques to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 138, 27.4.2015.