Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2024:865
Date: 2024-11-27
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Romania

Action brought on 24 December 2021 – European Food v EUIPO – Société des produits Nestlé (FITNESS) (Case T-799/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: European Food SA (Drăgăneşti, Romania) (represented by: I. Speciac, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Société des produits Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland) 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 word mark FITNESS – European Union trade mark No 2 470 326 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 October 2021 in Case R 894/2020-1 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; as a secondary claim, alter the contested decision and grant the appeal filed against the decision rendered by the Cancellation Division in Cancellation Proceedings No 5 802 C; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 65(6) of Regulation (EC) 207/2009 of the Council; Infringement of Article 76 of Regulation (EC) 207/2009 of the Council, and of rules 37 and 50(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95; Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) 207/2009 of the Council; Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) in conjunction with Article 52(1)(2) of Regulation (EC) 207/2009 of the Council. ____________