Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2021:226
Date: 2021-04-28
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Action brought on 9 April 2020 – FCA Italy v EUIPO – Bettag (Pandem) (Case T-191/20) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: FCA Italy SpA (Torino, Italy) (represented by: F. Jacobacci and E. Truffo, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Christoph Bettag (Aachen, Germany) 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 Pandem – Application for registration No 17 297 029 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 February 2020 in Case R 1483/2019-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Serious distortion of the facts. ____________