Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:164
Date: 2018-03-22
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Action brought on 31 January 2017 – Safe Skies v EUIPO – Travel Sentry (TSA LOCK) (Case T-60/17) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Safe Skies LLC (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: V. Schwepler, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Travel Sentry, Inc. (Windermere, Florida, United States) 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: EU word mark ‘TSA LOCK’ – EU trade mark No 4 530 168 Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 November 2016 in Case R 233/2016-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order the Defendant to pay the costs incurred in the proceedings before the court and to order the (potential) Intervener to pay the costs of the administrative proceedings before the Board of Appeal; set a date for an Oral Hearing for the case that findings of the General Court are not possible without an Oral Hearing. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation N° 207/2009; Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation N° 207/2009; Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation N° 207/2009. ____________