# C_2020271EN.01004602.xml

| 17.8.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 271/46 |
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17.8.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 271/46

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Action brought on 26 June 2020 — Riviera-Airport v EUIPO — Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (RIVIERA AIRPORTS)

(Case T-396/20)

(2020/C 271/59)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Aeroporto di Villanova d’Albenga SpA (Riviera-Airport) (Villanova d’Albenga, Italy) (represented by: G. Casucci, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (Nice, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark RIVIERA AIRPORTS in colour — European Union trade mark No 16 397 309

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 April 2020 in Case R 2172/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | annul the contested decision; |
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annul the contested decision;

| — | alter the contested decision to:






  — | allow the applicant’s appeal, |
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alter the contested decision to:

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allow the applicant’s appeal,

| — | grant in its entirety the applicant’s cancellation application No. 20 825 C to declare the trade mark at issue invalid, |
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grant in its entirety the applicant’s cancellation application No. 20 825 C to declare the trade mark at issue invalid,

| — | order the European Union trade mark proprietor to pay the applicant’s costs before of the Board of Appeal and the Cancellation Division, |
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order the European Union trade mark proprietor to pay the applicant’s costs before of the Board of Appeal and the Cancellation Division,

| — | alternatively remit the case to the Cancellation Division to address Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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alternatively remit the case to the Cancellation Division to address Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

| — | order the payment of the applicant’s fees and costs. |
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order the payment of the applicant’s fees and costs.

Pleas in law

| — | Failure to interpret the correct ruling of bad faith application; |
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Failure to interpret the correct ruling of bad faith application;

| — | Wrong and partial analysis and evaluation of the relevant indicia required in the overall and case-by-case assessment of the bad faith application; |
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Wrong and partial analysis and evaluation of the relevant indicia required in the overall and case-by-case assessment of the bad faith application;

| — | Failure to consider all the other relevant indicia and the available evidence of the bad faith according to the required overall and case-by-case assessment of the bad faith application; |
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Failure to consider all the other relevant indicia and the available evidence of the bad faith according to the required overall and case-by-case assessment of the bad faith application;

| — | Wrong interpretation and enforcement of Article 12(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 to the case at issue; |
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Wrong interpretation and enforcement of Article 12(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 to the case at issue;

| — | Failure of the Board of Appeal to carry out a correct analysis. |
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Failure of the Board of Appeal to carry out a correct analysis.

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