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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 November 2020

European Union Intellectual Property Office v John Mills Ltd

Appeal – EU trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Opposition proceedings – Relative ground for refusal – Article 8(3) – Scope – Identity or similarity of the mark applied for to the earlier mark – EU word mark MINERAL MAGIC – Application for registration by the agent or representative of the proprietor of the earlier mark – Earlier national word mark MAGIC MINERALS BY JEROME ALEXANDER

Case C-809/18 P

(Appeal Case before the General Court T-7/17)

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

18/12/2020

EUIPO v John Mills

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:902

11/11/2020

EUIPO v John Mills

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks

Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2020:902

11/11/2020

EUIPO v John Mills

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks

Application (OJ)

05/04/2019

EUIPO v John Mills

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:329

30/04/2020

EUIPO v John Mills

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.03 Registration applied for by the proprietor’s agent or representative

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.02 Relative grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.02.07 Signs examined
          4.11.03.02.07.03 Registration applied for by the proprietor’s agent or representative

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61L1 : paragraph 76
Decision 94/800 : paragraph 4
Regulation 207/2009 : paragraph 7
Regulation 207/2009 -A08 : paragraph 5
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P1 : paragraph 36
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P1LB : paragraphs 49, 70, 92
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P3 : paragraphs 13, 16, 18 - 21, 24, 26, 30 - 40, 42 - 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 56, 58, 61 - 63, 65, 69 - 71, 74, 77, 78, 83, 84, 87, 89, 91, 92, 95, 98
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P5 : paragraphs 36, 50
Regulation 207/2009 -A41 : paragraph 11
Regulation 207/2009 -A52 : paragraph 6
Regulation 207/2009 -A52P1LB : paragraphs 42, 52
Court of Justice - Judgment C -245/02 -N42 : paragraph 64
Court of Justice - Judgment C -487/07 -N34 : paragraph 92
Court of Justice - Judgment C -487/07 -N35 : paragraph 92
Court of Justice - Judgment C -487/07 -N36 : paragraph 92
General Court - Judgment T -262/09 -N61 : paragraphs 39, 46
General Court - Judgment T -262/09 -N64 : paragraph 79
General Court - Judgment T -262/09 -N74 : paragraph 46
Court of Justice - Judgment C -673/15 -N48 : paragraph 100
General Court - Judgment T -7/17 : paragraphs 1 - 103
Court of Justice - Opinion C -809/18 : paragraph 58
Court of Justice - Judgment C -541/18 -N18 : paragraph 98
Court of Justice - Judgment C -24/19 -N37 : paragraph 55

Operative part

Annuls : General Court - Judgment T -7/17

Opinion

TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A36 : point 15
TFEU - Protocol No 3 -A61L1 : point 58
Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21994A1223(01) -A02P1 : point 3
Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21994A1223(01) -N1C : point 3
Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 21994A1223(17) : point 3
Regulation 40/94 : points 17, 19, 28, 30
Regulation 207/2009 : point 36
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P1 : point 19
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P1LA : points 18, 26, 42, 43
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P1LB : points 18, 26, 41, 43
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P3 : points 2, 5, 10 - 12, 15, 17 - 19, 22 - 26, 30, 32 - 34, 37, 38, 40 - 44, 46, 48, 49, 51 - 53, 59
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P3LB : point 39
Regulation 207/2009 -A08P5 : points 19, 26
Regulation 207/2009 -A09P2LB : point 18
Regulation 207/2009 -A11 : points 6, 28
Regulation 207/2009 -A15 : point 53
Regulation 207/2009 -A15P1L2LA : points 51, 52, 55, 56
Regulation 207/2009 -A18 : points 7, 25, 28
Regulation 207/2009 -A52P1LB : points 18, 19, 39, 48
Regulation 207/2009 -A53P1LB : point 8
Directive 2015/2436 -A05P3LB : point 5
Directive 2015/2436 -A13P1LA : point 6
Directive 2015/2436 -A13P1LB : point 7
Regulation 1001/2017 : point 8
Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 51980PC0635(02) -A07P3 : points 28, 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -36/98 -N47 : point 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -310/98 -N32 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/01 -N32 : point 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -336/03 -N21 : point 20
General Court - Judgment T -194/03 -N50 : point 55
General Court - Judgment T -6/05 : point 2
General Court - Judgment T -6/05 -N38 : points 11, 32
General Court - Judgment T -262/09 : point 2
General Court - Judgment T -262/09 -N18 : point 11
General Court - Judgment T -537/10 : point 2
Court of Justice - Judgment C -137/11 -N56 : point 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -140/12 -N74 : point 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -157/12 -N39 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -252/12 -N21 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -252/12 -N22 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -252/12 -N23 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -252/12 -N24 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -252/12 -N25 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -252/12 -N26 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -207/14 -N25 : point 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -207/14 -N26 : point 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -484/14 -N68 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -484/14 -N69 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -484/14 -N70 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -501/15 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -642/15 -N29 : point 55
General Court - Judgment T -146/15 -N28 : point 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -668/17 -N56 : point 55
General Court - Judgment T -7/17 : points 1, 61

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

20/12/2018

Date of the Opinion

30/04/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

11/11/2020

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

EUIPO v John Mills

Notes on Academic Writings

Martin, Stefan ; Boyd, Jonathan: Is article 8(3) EUTMR applicable only to identical marks and identical goods? : ‘No’, says the Court of Justice : MINERAL MAGIC/MAGIC MINERALS BY JEROME ALEXANDER et al, C-809/18 P, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2021 p. 898–900 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

Actions for annulment
Appeals : application granted

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Regan

Advocate General

Pitruzzella

Language(s) of the Case

English

Language(s) of the Opinion

Italian