Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:436
Date: 2023-07-26
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Cyprus

Action brought on 1 February 2022 – Guma Holdings v EUIPO – X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski (XTRADE) (Case T-67/22) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Guma Holdings LTD (Limassol, Cyprus) (represented by: M. Oleksyn and M. Stępkowski, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski S.A. (Warsaw, Poland) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark XTRADE in the colours dark grey, light grey, blue, shades of blue – European Union trade mark No 13 061 387 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 November 2021 in Case R 981/2020-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: alter the contested decision and reject the application for a declaration of invalidity in its entirety; order EUIPO and the intervener to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicant, including those incurred in the proceedings before EUIPO. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Article 27(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625; Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union1 ; Infringement of Articles 8(4) and 60(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Articles 16(1)(b) and 7(2)(d) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625. ____________ 1 JO 2012 C 326, p. 391.