Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 July 2025 –Gómez Jiménez and Others v EUIPO – Servei Andorrà d’Atenció Sanitària (Sistema Estructurado de Triaje SET) (Case T‑445/24)
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Address https://gelex.eu/eli/EU/judgment/62024TO0445_INF@2025-07-21/en
1. EU trade markAppeals procedureAction before the EU judicatureJurisdiction of the General CourtReview of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before itPrecluded (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 72) (see paragraph 15)
2. EU trade markSurrender, revocation and invalidityAbsolute grounds for invalidityApplicant acting in bad faith when filing the trade mark applicationCriteria for assessmentTaking into account all relevant factors at the time of filing of the application for registrationApplicant’s knowledge that a third party is using an identical or similar signIntention of the applicantDegree of legal protection of the signs at issueCommercial logic underlying the registration of the contested sign as an EU trade markChronology of events leading up to the filing of the trade mark applicationOrigin of the sign at issue and its use since its creation (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 29, 34-37, 54)
3. EU trade markSurrender, revocation and invalidityAbsolute grounds for invalidityApplicant acting in bad faith when filing the trade mark applicationConcept of bad faithScope (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 31-33)
4. EU trade markSurrender, revocation and invalidityAbsolute grounds for invalidityApplicant acting in bad faith when filing the trade mark applicationCriteria for assessmentTaking into account all relevant factors at the time of filing of the application for registrationExtent of the reputation of the mark applied forUnfair advantage taken of the repute of a mark or of the earlier mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b)) (see paragraph 38)
5. EU trade markSurrender, revocation and invalidityAbsolute grounds for invalidityApplicant acting in bad faith when filing the trade mark applicationBurden of proof (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b)) (see paragraph 39)
6. EU trade markSurrender, revocation and invalidityAbsolute grounds for invalidityApplicant acting in bad faith when filing the trade mark applicationFigurative mark Sistema Estructurado de Triaje SET (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 52(1)(b)) (see paragraphs 55, 56, 60-65)
Operative part
1. The action is dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation in law.
2. Mr Josep Francesc Gómez Jiménez, Ms Maria del Roser García Núñez and Ms Alba Gómez García shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by Servei Andorrà d’Atenció Sanitària.
3. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shall bear its own costs.