Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 – Residencial Palladium v EUIPO – Palladium Gestión (PALLADIUM HOTEL GARDEN BEACH)
(Case T-566/20) 1
(EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark PALLADIUM HOTEL GARDEN BEACH – Earlier national trade name GRAND HOTEL PALLADIUM – Relative Ground for refusal – Use in the course of trade of a sign of more than mere local significance – Article 8(4) and Article 53(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 8(4) and Article 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Residencial Palladium, SL (Ibiza, Spain) (represented by: D. Solana Giménez, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Crawcour and A. Folliard Monguiral, acting as Agents)
Intervener before the General Court, authorised to replace the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Palladium Gestión, SL (Ibiza) (represented by: J. Rojo García-Lajara, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 June 2020 (Case R 1542/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Residencial Palladium and Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, SL.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Authorises Palladium Gestión, SL to replace Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, SL as intervener;
2. Dismisses the action;
3. Orders Residencial Palladium, SL to pay the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Palladium Gestión.
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1 OJ C 371, 3.11.2020.