Judgment of the General Court of 21 April 2021 — Hasbro v EUIPO — Kreativni Događaji (MONOPOLY)

(Case T-663/19) (1)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU word mark MONOPOLY - Absolute ground for refusal - Bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2021/C 242/41)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Hasbro, Inc. (Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States) (represented by: J. Moss, Barrister)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Kreativni Događaji d.o.o. (Zagreb, Croatia) (represented by: R. Kunze, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 July 2019 (Case R 1849/2017-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Kreativni Događaji and Hasbro.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Hasbro, Inc., to pay the costs, including those incurred by Kreativni Događaji d.o.o. for the purposes of the proceedings before the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

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(1)  OJ C 413, 9.12.2019.