Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:877
Date: 2024-12-04
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Action brought on 28 August 2023 – Haddad v EUIPO – Celebi (CELEBRITI) (Case T-538/23) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Lucien Haddad (Paris, France) (represented by: V. Bouchara and A. Maier, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Zeynep Celebi (Nürnberg, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark CELEBRITI – European Union trade mark No 12 491 684 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 June 2023 in Case R 2221/2022-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and Zeynep Celebi to bear their own costs of the proceedings and to jointly pay those incurred by Lucien Haddad, including the costs incurred for the proceedings before the EUIPO. Plea in law Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________