Monthly Archives: May 2022

CELEX:62021TA0204: Case T-204/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Stryker v EUIPO (RUGGED) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark RUGGED — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Competence of the Board of Appeal — Article 71 of Regulation 2017/1001 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

CELEX:62020TA0113: Case T-113/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2022 — BSEF v Commission (Energy — Directive 2009/125/EC — Ecodesign requirements for electronic displays — Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 — Ban on halogenated flame retardants in the enclosure and stand of electronic displays — Competence of the author of the act — Manifest error of assessment — Legal certainty — Proportionality — Equal treatment)

CELEX:62021TA0197: Case T-197/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO …?) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark SO …? — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001))

CELEX:62020CA0117: Case C-117/20: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Bruxelles — Belgium) — bpost SA v Autorité belge de la concurrence (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Postal services — Tariff system adopted by a universal service provider — Fine imposed by a national postal regulator — Fine imposed by a national competition authority — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 50 — Non bis in idem principle — Existence of the same offence — Article 52(1) — Limitations to the non bis in idem principle — Duplication of proceedings and penalties — Conditions — Pursuit of an objective of general interest — Proportionality)

CELEX:62021CN0608: Case C-608/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 29 September 2021 — XN v Politseyski organ pri 02 RU SDVR

CELEX:62021TA0196: Case T-196/21: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Lea Nature Services v EUIPO — Debonair Trading Internacional (SO …?) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark SO …? — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Lack of descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001)

CELEX:62019CA0508: Case C-508/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 March 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy — Poland) — M.F. v J.M. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 267 TFEU — Interpretation sought by the referring court necessary to enable it to give judgment — Concept — Disciplinary proceedings brought against a judge of an ordinary court — Designation of the disciplinary court having jurisdiction to hear those proceedings by the President of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court, Poland) — Civil action for a declaration that a service relationship does not exist between the President of that disciplinary chamber and the Supreme Court — Lack of jurisdiction of the referring court to review the validity of the appointment of a Supreme Court judge and inadmissibility of such an action under national law — Inadmissibility of the request for a preliminary ruling)

CELEX:62020TA0010: Case T-10/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2022 — Italy v Commission (EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Area-related aid scheme — Financial corrections — Article 52(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 — Article 12(2) and (6) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 — Definition of ‘permanent grasslands’ — Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 — Producer organisation and operational programmes — Articles 26, 27, 31, 104 and 106 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 — Article 155 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 — Delegated Regulation (EU) No 499/2014 — Public procurement procedure — Article 24(2)(c) and Article 26(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 65/2011 — Article 48(2) and Article 51(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 — Risk of financial loss)

CELEX:62022TN0138: Case T-138/22: Action brought on 15 March 2022 — HCP v EUIPO — Timm Health Care (PYLOMED)

CELEX:62018CA0529: Joined Cases C-529/18 P and C-531/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 24 March 2022 — PJ v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-529/18 P), PC v PJ, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Erdmann & Rossi GmbH (C-531/18 P) (Appeal — Principles of EU law — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Representation of parties in direct actions before the Courts of the European Union — Lawyer representing the applicant as a third party — Requirement of independence — Lawyer working as an associate in a law firm — Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)