Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:402
Date: 2021-06-30
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Austria

Action brought on 10 August 2020 – Makk v EUIPO – Ubati Luxury Cosmetics (PANTA RHEI) (Case T-501/20) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Stefan Makk (Graz, Austria) (represented by: I. Hödl, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ubati Luxury Cosmetics, SL (Alcobendas, Spain) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark PANTA RHEI – International registration designating the European Union No 1 393 404 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 June 2020 in Case R 2337/2020-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and eventually the intervener to pay the costs incurred with the present proceeding before the Court. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________