Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:429
Date: 2020-09-23
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 27 June 2019 — Brillux v EUIPO — Synthesa Chemie (Freude an Farbe) (Case T-402/19) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: Brillux GmbH & Co. KG (Münster, Germany) (represented by: R. Schiffer, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Synthesa Chemie GesmbH (Perg, Austria) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark Freude an Farbe — International registration designating the European Union No 1 316 404 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 March 2019 in Case R 1434/2018-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________