Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:624
Date: 2022-10-12
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Second Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful

Action brought on 3 August 2021 – MCO (IP) v EUIPO – C8 (C2) (Case T-461/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: MCO (IP) Holdings Ltd (Tortola, British Virgin Islands) (represented by: A. Roughton, Barrister-at-law) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: C8 (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trademark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark C2 – Application for registration No 17 867 689 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 May 2021 in Case R 909/2020-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision and allow the mark (EUIPO application number 017867689) to proceed to registration; order EUIPO to bear its own costs; order C8 to bear its own costs; order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by MCO(IP) Holdings Limited. Pleas in law misapplication of the principle of interdependence leading to the incorrect rejection of the sign’s registration; misapplication of the principle of interdependence leading to the incorrect dismissal of the appeal by the Board of Appeal; misapplication of the principle of interdependence by upholding the opposition and, in consequence, by incorrectly rejecting the sign’s registration. ____________