Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:711
Date: 2022-11-16
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Spain

Action brought on 27 December 2021 – Grupo Eig Multimedia v EUIPO – Globalización de Valores CFC & GCI (FORO16) (Case T-796/21) Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish Parties Applicant: Grupo Eig Multimedia, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: D. Solana Giménez, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Globalización de Valores CFC & GCI, SL (Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: Application for the EU figurative mark FORO16 – Application for registration No 18 036 099 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2021 in Case R 1785/2020-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision and uphold the applicant’s claims, revoking the initial agreement and in its place, issuing a new decision refusing registration of the trade mark at issue; order the defendant to pay the costs. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________