Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:525
Date: 2021-09-01
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 11 September 2020 – Residencial Palladium v EUIPO – Fiesta Hotels & Resorts (PALLADIUM HOTEL GARDEN BEACH) (Case T-566/20) Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish Parties Applicant: Residencial Palladium SL (Ibiza, Spain) (represented by: D. Solana Giménez, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, SL (Ibiza, Spain) 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: Figurative mark PALLADIUM HOTEL GARDEN BEACH – EU trade mark No 8 564 701 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 June 2020 in Case R 1542/2019-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision and declare EU trade mark No º8 564 701invalid; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Plea in law In support of its action, the applicant claims that the Board of Appeal erred in basing its decision on the applicant not having duly substantiated the use and the more than mere local significance of the earlier unregistered sign GRAND HOTEL PALLADDIUM. ____________