Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2023 г.

Текст

... ty of the action – Res judicata – Article 15(1) and Article 51(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 18(1) and Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Genuine use in the European Union – Obligation to state reasons – First sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

In Case T‑35/22,

Arkadiusz Kaminski, residing in Etobicoke, Ontario (Canada), represented by W. Trybowski, E. Pijewska and M. Mazurek, lawyers,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by D. Gája, acting as Agent,

defendant,

the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO being

Polfarmex S.A., established in Kutno (Poland),

THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber),

composed of F. Schalin, President, P. Škvařilová-Pelzl (Rapporteur) and I. Nõmm, Judges,

Registrar: R. Ūkelytė, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 16 January 2023,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By his action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Mr Arkadiusz Kaminski, seeks, in essence, principally, alteration of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 26 October 2021 (Joined Cases R 1952/2020-1 and R 1953/2020-1) (‘the contested decision’) and, in the alternative, partial annulment of that decision.

Background to the dispute

2. On 6 July 2010, the applicant filed an application for registration of an EU trade mark with EUIPO pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the European Union trade mark ...