Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2019 — Prim v EUIPO — Primed Halberstadt Medizintechnik (PRIMED)
(Case T-138/17) 1
(EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark PRIMED — Earlier national figurative marks PRIM S.A., PRiM, S.A. SUMINISTROS MEDICOS and GRUPO PRiM — Genuine use of the earlier marks — Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 64(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Right to be heard — Second sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now second sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001) — Submission of evidence for the first time before the Board of Appeal — Discretion of the Board of Appeal — Classification as new or additional evidence — Article 76(2) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 95(2) of Regulation 2017/1001))
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Prim, SA (Móstoles, Spain) (represented by: L. Broschat García, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Primed Halberstadt Medizintechnik GmbH (Halberstadt, Germany) (represented by: D. Donath, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 December 2016 (Joined Cases R 2494/2015-4 and R 163/2016-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Prim and Primed Halberstadt Medizintechnik.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 December 2016 (Joined Cases R 2494/2015-4 and R 163/2016-4);
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Prim, SA;
Orders Primed Halberstadt Medizintechnik GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay half of those incurred by Prim.
____________
1 OJ C 129, 24.4.2017.