Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — Qx World v EUIPO — Mandelay (SCIO)

(Case T-86/20) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark SCIO - Earlier non-registered mark SCIO - Article 53(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 60(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Article 8(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 8(3) of Regulation 2017/1001) - Article 71(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 72(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 16(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Article 6bis of the Paris Convention)

(2021/C 452/25)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Qx World Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) (represented by: Á. László and A. Cserny, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) (Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary) (represented by: V. Luszcz, C. Sár and É. Ulviczki, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 December 2019 (Case R 1312/2019-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Qx World and Mandelay.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 2 December 2019;

2.	Orders Qx World Kft., EUIPO and Mandelay Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. (Mandelay Kft.) each to bear their own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 114, 6.4.2020.