EUR-Lex Access to European Union law

Back to EUR-Lex homepage

This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website

Document 62016TA0803

Case T-803/16: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2018 — Glaxo Group v EUIPO — Celon Pharma (SALMEX) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark SALMEX — Earlier three-dimensional national mark — Competence of the Board of Appeal to examine of its own motion whether the earlier mark had been put to genuine use — Article 64(1) and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 71(1) and Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

OJ C 249, 16.7.2018, p. 25–26 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

201806290581986302018/C 249/318032016TC24920180716EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180606252622

Case T-803/16: Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2018 — Glaxo Group v EUIPO — Celon Pharma (SALMEX) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark SALMEX — Earlier three-dimensional national mark — Competence of the Board of Appeal to examine of its own motion whether the earlier mark had been put to genuine use — Article 64(1) and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 71(1) and Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

Top

C2492018EN2520120180606EN0031252262

Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2018 — Glaxo Group v EUIPO — Celon Pharma (SALMEX)

(Case T-803/16) ( 1 )

‛(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark SALMEX — Earlier three-dimensional national mark — Competence of the Board of Appeal to examine of its own motion whether the earlier mark had been put to genuine use — Article 64(1) and Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 71(1) and Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))’

2018/C 249/31Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Glaxo Group Ltd (Brentford, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Baran, T. St Quintin, S. Wickenden, Barristers, E. Morris and R. Jacob, Solicitors)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf, acting as Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Celon Pharma S.A. (Łomianki, Poland) (represented by: M. Krasiński, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 August 2016 (Case R 2108/2015-4) relating to invalidity proceedings between Glaxo Group Ltd and Celon Pharma.

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 31 August 2016 (Case R 2108/2015-4);

2.

Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and those incurred by Glaxo Group Ltd during the proceedings before the General Court;

3.

Orders Celon Pharma S.A. to bear its own costs relating to the proceedings before the General Court.


( 1 ) OJ C 22, 23.1.2017.

Top