Judgment of the General Court of 5 March 2020 — Dekoback v EUIPO — DecoPac (DECOPAC)

(Case T-80/19) ¹

(EU trade mark — Revocation proceedings — EU word mark DECOPAC — Genuine use of the mark — Article 51(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 58(1)(a) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Evidence — Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1), second sentence, of Regulation 2017/1001) — Right to be heard)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dekoback GmbH (Helmstadt-Bargen, Germany) (represented by: V. von Moers, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: DecoPac, Inc. (Anoka, Minnesota, United States)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 November 2018 (Case R 1795/2017-5), relating to revocation proceedings between Dekoback and DecoPac.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Dekoback GmbH to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 122, 1.4.2019.