Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:738
Date: 2022-11-30
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Action brought on 19 October 2021 – Mendes v EUIPO – Actial Farmaceutica (VSL3TOTAL) (Case T-678/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Mendes SA (Lugano, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Cavattoni, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Actial Farmaceutica Srl (Rome, Italy) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark VSL3TOTAL – European Union trade mark No 11 702 172 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 August 2021 in Case R 1568/2020-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: uphold the present action; annul the contested decision; condemn the other party in the proceedings to bear the costs and fees. Plea in law Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________