Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2020:342
Date: 2020-07-15
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Designs
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Netherlands

Action brought on 10 December 2019 – Koopman International v EUIPO – Tinnus Enterprises and Mystic Products Import & Export (Fluid distribution equipement) (Case T-840/19) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Koopman International BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: B. van Werven, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Tinnus Enterprises LLC (Plano, Texas, United States) and Mystic Products Import & Export, SL (Badalona, Spain) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the design at issue: Tinnus Enterprises Design at issue: European Union design No 1 431 829-0005 Contested decision: Interim Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 September 2019 in Case R 1008/2018-3 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision to suspend the appeal proceedings before the Board of Appeal and decide that said proceedings before the Board of Appeal shall continue; to join the current case before the General Court with the cases before the General Court in cases R 1006/2018-3, R 1005/2018-3, R 1010/2018-3 and R 1009/2018-3 lodged by Koopman International simultaneous with this action; order Tinnus Enterprises to pay Koopman International’s costs and fees. Pleas in law The Board of Appeal failed to correctly assess and apply the criterion of “legal certainty”; The Board of Appeal failed to correctly assess and apply the criterion of “economy of proceedings”; The Board of Appeal failed to correctly assess and apply the criterion of “sound administration”; The Board of Appeal did not correctly balance the interests of all parties. ____________