Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2020:324
Date: 2020-07-08
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 20 November 2019 – Austria Tabak v EUIPO – Mignot & De Block (AIR) (Case T-800/19) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Austria Tabak GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: J. Gracia Albero and R. Ahijón Lana, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Mignot & De Block BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark AIR – European Union trade mark No 2 309 110 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 September 2019 in Case R 1665/2018-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to bear the costs of the present proceedings, including the costs deriving from the proceedings before the Opposition Division and the Fourth Board of Appeal. Plea in law Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________