Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2022 г.

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... mark – Advertisements and offers for sale to consumers in the EU – Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

In Case T‑768/20,

Standard International Management LLC, established in New York, New York (United States), represented by M. Edenborough QC, S. Wickenden, Barrister, and M. Maier, lawyer,

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

Asia Standard Management Services Ltd, established in Hong Kong (China),

THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber),

composed of M.J. Costeira, President, M. Kancheva and T. Perišin (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: J. Pichon, Administrator,

having regard to the written part of the procedure,

further to the hearing on 17 November 2021,

gives the following

Judgment

1. By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant, Standard International Management LLC, seeks annulment of the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 27 November 2020 (Case R 828/2020-5) (‘the contested decision’).

Background to the dispute

2. On 16 June 2009, Hotelsab LLC, the applicant’s legal predecessor, filed an application for registration of an EU trade mark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the European Union trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1) (replaced by Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark ...