Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2019:852
Date: 2019-12-12
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 20 April 2019 – gastivo portal v EUIPO – La Fourchette (Representation of a fork on a green background) (Case T-267/19) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: gastivo portal GmbH (Bremen, Germany) (represented by: O. Spieker, A. Schönfleisch, N. Willich and N. Achilles, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: La Fourchette SAS (Paris, France) 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 (Representation of a fork on a green background) – Application for registration No 15 474 356 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 February 2019 in Case R 1211/2018-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal to bear the costs of the proceedings including the costs necessarily incurred by the applicant before the Board of Appeal. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 46(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________