Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 April 2021

Asolo LTD v European Union Intellectual Property Office

EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark FLÜGEL – Earlier national word marks …VERLEIHT FLÜGEL and RED BULL VERLEIHT FLÜÜÜGEL – Relative grounds for refusal – Damage to reputation – Article 8(5) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 8(5) and Article 60(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) – Right to be heard – Article 70(2) and Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001

Case T-509/19

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(Contested decision: R 201/2019-4)

• (Appeal Case before the Court of Justice C-387/21 P)