Orders nº T-728/18 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, March 04, 2021

• Resolution Date: March 04, 2021
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-728/18

(European Union trade mark - Opposition proceedings - Withdrawal of the application for registration - No need to adjudicate)

In Case T-728/18,

Brand IP Licensing Ltd, established in Tortola (British Virgin Islands), represented by J. MacKenzie, Solicitor,

applicant,

v

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), represented by L. Rampini and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents,

defendant,

the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court, being

Facebook, Inc., established in Menlo Park, California (United States), represented by Y. Zhou, Solicitor,

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 October 2018 (Case R 2279/2017-2), relating to opposition proceedings between Facebook and Brand IP Licensing,

THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber),

composed of A. M. Collins, President (Rapporteur), V. Kreuschitz and G. Steinfatt, Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

makes the following

Order

1 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 18 January 2021, the defendant informed the Court that, by letter of 4 November 2020, the applicant had withdrawn its application for registration of the contested mark and stated that, in its view, there was no longer any need to adjudicate on the present action. It did not seek an order as to costs.

2 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 20 January 2021, the applicant signified its agreement to the application for a declaration that there was no need to adjudicate. It did not seek an order as to costs.

3 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 1 February 2021, the intervener signified its agreement to the application for a declaration that there was no need to adjudicate. It did not seek an order as to costs.

4 Pursuant to Article 130 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, it is sufficient in the present case to find that, in the light...