Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:770
Date: 2021-11-10
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Action brought on 21 December 2020 – Nissan Motor v EUIPO – VDL Groep (VDL E-POWERED) (Case T-756/20) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd (Yokohama-shi, Japan) (represented by: P. Martini-Berthon, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: VDL Groep BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark VDL E-POWERED – Application for registration No 17 895 699 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2020 in Case R 2915/2019-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: allow the present applicant for annulment; annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and, as the case may be, the intervener to bear their own costs and pay those of the applicant. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________