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European Union – Trade marks. The Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the appeal by Naazneen Investments Ltd (NIL) to have set aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union inNaazneen Investments v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs): Case T‑250/13, by which the General Court had dismissed its action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM relating to revocation proceedings between Energy Brands Inc. and NIL concerning the assignment to the latter of registration of the word mark 'SMART WATER'.
European Union – Trade marks. The Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the appeal by Naazneen Investments Ltd (NIL) to have set aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union inNaazneen Investments v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs): Case T‑250/13, by which the General Court had dismissed its action for annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM relating to revocation proceedings between Energy Brands Inc. and NIL concerning the assignment to the latter of registration of the word mark 'SMART WATER'.
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