Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:339
Date: 2020-07-15
Language of the case: Italian
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Action brought on 18 June 2019 — Itinerant Show Room v EUIPO — Forest (FAKE DUCK) (Case T-371/19) Language in which the application was lodged: Italian Parties Applicant: Itinerant Show Room Srl (San Giorgio in Bosco, Italy) (represented by: A. Visentin, M. Cartella and B. Cartella, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Forest Srl (Milan, Italy) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark FAKE DUCK — Application for registration No 15 912 496 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 April 2019 in Case R 1117/2018-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: declare the action to be well founded for the reasons set out in the application and, accordingly; annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to award EU trade mark No 015912496 also for Classes 18 and 25; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation EU 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Failure to carry out an assessment of the actual ways the goods are purchased. ____________