HR Participations v EUIPO – Hottinger Investment Management (JCE Hottinguer) (EU Trade Mark – Judgment): ECFI 16 Dec 2020

EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU word mark JCE HOTTINGUER – Non-registered earlier national trade mark HOTTINGER – Relative ground for refusal – Reference to the national law governing the earlier mark – Rules governing common law actions for passing-off – 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, respectively)

Citations:

ECLI:EU:T:2020:614, T-535/19, [2020] EUECJ T-535/19

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

European

European

Updated: 09 November 2022; Ref: scu.660731