Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:268
Date: 2019-04-30
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Romania

Action brought on 21 September 2018 – Lupu v EUIPO – Et Djili Soy Dzhihangir Ibryam (Djili DS) (Case T-558/18) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Victor Lupu (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: P. A. Acsinte, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Et Djili Soy Dzhihangir Ibryam (Dulovo, Bulgaria) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union figurative mark Djili DS – Application for registration No 8 404 551 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 June 2018 in Case R 2391/2017-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; uphold the opposition against the registration of the mark applied for (EUTM application 8 404 551) and/or cancel/declare the registration invalid. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights and of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights ; Infringement of Rule 20(7)(a) and (c) of the Commission Regulation (EC) no. 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) no. 40/94 on the Community trade mark; Infringement of Article 53(2)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) no. 207/2009 in respect of Applicant’s copyright for the picture of the package “Djili” written in red letters on a blue package with the figure of a parrot and in respect of Applicant’s rights to use a trade name for products in the sense of the Judgment of the European Court of Justice in the Case C-17/06 “Celine”. ____________