Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:304
Date: 2023-06-07
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Italy

Action brought on 17 November 2021 – Aprile and Commerciale Italiana v EUIPO – DC Comics partnership (Device of a stylized depiction of a black bat inside a white oval frame) (Case T-735/21) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Luigi Aprile (San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy), Commerciale Italiana Srl (Nola, Italy) (represented by: C. Saettel, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: DC Comics partnership (Burbank, California, United States) 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 figurative mark (Device of a stylised depiction of a black bat inside a white oval frame) – European Union trade mark No 38 158 Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 September 2021 in Case R 1447/2020-2 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: find the application admissible; annul the contested decision; order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs in accordance with Article 134(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 95(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________