CELEX: 62018TA0536
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Case T-536/18: Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — European Food (FITNESS) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark FITNESS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court — Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal)

16.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 423/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 10 October 2019 — Société des produits Nestlé v EUIPO — European Food (FITNESS)
      (Case T-536/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark FITNESS - Absolute grounds for refusal - Decision taken following the annulment of an earlier decision by the General Court - Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 72(6) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Production of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal)
      (2019/C 423/54)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) (represented by: A. Jaeger-Lenz, A. Lambrecht and C. Elkemann, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Ruzek and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: European Food SA (Drăgănești, Romania) (represented by: I. Speciac, R. Dincă, I.-F. Cofaru, V.-F. Diaconită and V. Stănese, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 June 2018 (Case R 755/2018-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between European Food and Société des produits Nestlé.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 6 June 2018 (Case R 755/2018-2);
                  
               
            
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                     Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Société des produits Nestlé SA;
                  
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  
                     Orders European Food SA to bear its own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 399, 5.11.2018.