Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2021:326
Date: 2021-06-09
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2021 –Riviera-Airport v EUIPO – Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (RIVIERA AIRPORTS) (Case T-396/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – EU figurative mark RIVIERA AIRPORTS – Bad faith – Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Aeroporto di Villanova d’Albenga SpA (Riviera-Airport) (Villanova d’Albenga, Italy) (represented by: G. Casucci, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (Nice, France) (represented by: Y. Bizollon, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 April 2020 (Case R 2172/2019 4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Riviera-Airport and Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Aeroporto di Villanova d’Albenga SpA (Riviera-Airport) to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 271, 17.8.2020.