CELEX: 62020TA0700
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-700/20: Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 — Schmid v EUIPO — Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark (Steirisches Kürbiskernöl g.g.A) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark Steirisches Kürbiskernöl g. g. A GESCHÜTZTE GEOGRAFISCHE ANGABE — Absolute ground for refusal — Trade mark including badges, emblems or escutcheons — Emblem of one of the areas of action of the European Union — Protected geographical indications — Article 7(1)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

31.1.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 51/30
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 1 December 2021 — Schmid v EUIPO — Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark (Steirisches Kürbiskernöl g.g.A)
      (Case T-700/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark Steirisches Kürbiskernöl g. g. A GESCHÜTZTE GEOGRAFISCHE ANGABE - Absolute ground for refusal - Trade mark including badges, emblems or escutcheons - Emblem of one of the areas of action of the European Union - Protected geographical indications - Article 7(1)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(i) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2022/C 51/41)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Gabriele Schmid (Halbenrain, Austria) (represented by: A. Ginzburg, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: D. Hanf and M. Eberl, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark (Graz, Austria) (represented by: I. Hödl, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 September 2020 (Case R 2186/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark and Ms Schmid.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 September 2020 (Case R 2186/2019-4);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Ms Gabriele Schmid;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 28, 25.1.2021.