Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 June 2012.#Constellation Brands, Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).#Community trade mark — Word mark COOK’S — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T‑314/10.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 28 June 2012 —
Constellation Brands v OHIM (COOK’S)

(Case T-314/10)

Community trade mark — Word mark COOK’S — Failure to apply for renewal of the mark — Cancellation of the mark upon expiry of the registration — Application for restitutio in integrum — Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

1.                     Community trade mark — Procedural provisions — Restitutio in integrum — Conditions — Vigilance required by circumstances — Delegation of tasks concerning the renewal of a trade mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 81(1)) (see paras 17-18)

2.                     Community trade mark — Procedural provisions — Restitutio in integrum — Conditions — Vigilance required by circumstances — Exceptional, and thus unpredictable, events — Human error in recording information — Not included (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 81(1)) (see paras 19, 28, 29)

Re:

Operative part

The Court: