Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:525
Date: 2019-07-12
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Poland

Action brought on 8 May 2017 – Ogrodnik v EUIPO - Aviario Tropical (Tropical) (Case T-276/17) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Tadeusz Ogrodnik (Chorzów, Poland) (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl, H. Hartwig, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aviario Tropical, SA (Loures, Portugal) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word element ‘Tropical’ – EU trade mark No 3 435 773 Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 February 2017 in Case R 2125/2016-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; dismiss the appeal brought by Aviário Tropical, SA, against the decision of the Defendant’s Cancellation Division of 15 July 2013 in Case 6029 C; order EUIPO and Aviário Tropical, SA, if it should intervene in these proceedings, to pay the costs. Plea in law Infringement of article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009 in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________