Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2026:188
Date: 2026-03-11
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment
Origin: France

Action brought on 13 May 2025 – SBG v EUIPO – VF International (GEOGRAPHICAL NORWAY EXPEDITION) (Case T-303/25) Language in which the application was lodged: French Parties Applicant: Super Brand Licencing (SBG) (Villeurbanne, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and A. Sion, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: VF International Sagl (Stabio, Switzerland) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark GEOGRAPHICAL NORWAY EXPEDITION – EU trade mark No 9 860 834 Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 March 2025 in Case R 124/2022-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: principally, annul and alter the contested decision to the effect that EU mark No 9 860 834 was not filed in bad faith on 1 April 2011; in the alternative, annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs, including the costs incurred by the applicant for the purposes of the proceedings before the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO. Plea in law Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. ____________