CELEX: 62019TA0878
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-878/19: Judgment of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — Bende v EUIPO — Julius-K9 (K-9) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark K-9 — Relative grounds for refusal — Signs which have become customary — Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

31.5.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 206/22
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 17 March 2021 — Bende v EUIPO — Julius-K9 (K-9)
      (Case T-878/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark K-9 - Relative grounds for refusal - Signs which have become customary - Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 206/28)
      Language of the case: Hungarian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Gábor Bende (Beloinannisz, Hungary) (represented by: R. Tóth, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Julius-K9 Zrt. (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary) (represented by: G. Jambrik, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 October 2019 (Case R 560/2018-2), as corrected on 12 March 2020, relating to invalidity proceedings between Mr Bende and Julius-K9.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Gábor Bende to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 61, 24.2.2020.