Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2020:1005
Date: 2020-12-08
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Principles, objectives and tasks of the Treaties;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Appeal brought on 12 July 2018 by Oliver Spieker against the order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 8 May 2018 in Case T-92/18, Oliver Spieker v European Union Intellectual Property Office (Case C-455/18 P) Language of the case: German Parties Appellant: Oliver Spieker (represented by: A. Schönfleisch, O. Spieker, M. Alber and N. Willich, Rechtsanwälte) Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office Form of order sought The appellant claims that the Court should: set aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 8 May 2018 in Case T-92/18, Spieker v EUIPO (Science for a better skin), by which the General Court dismissed the action for annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 12 December 2017 (R 1067/2017-4) which had dismissed the appellant’s appeal against the decision of the EUIPO examiner of 20 March 2017; annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 December 2017 (R 1067/2017-4); order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those necessarily incurred by the appellant before the Fourth Board of Appeal and the General Court of the European Union. By order of 8 December 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Eighth Chamber) dismissed the appeal and ordered the unsuccessful party to pay the costs. ____________