Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:198
Date: 2018-04-20
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Greece

Action brought on 6 January 2017 – Mitrakos v EUIPO – Belasco Baquedano (YAMAS) (Case T-15/17) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Dimitrios Mitrakos (Palaio Faliro, Greece) (represented by: D. Bakopanou, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Juan Ignacio Belasco Baquedano (Viana, Spain) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word element ‘YAMAS’ – Application for registration No 13 645 478 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 October 2016 in Case R 532/2016-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision, as well as the decision given by the Opposition Division which preceded the adoption of the contested decision; reject the opposition and allow that the registration of the trade mark applied for be registered; order the EUIPO and/or the other party to the proceedings to pay the costs. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________