Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:545
Date: 2022-09-14
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Slovakia

Action brought on 25 October 2021 – energy cake v EUIPO – Foodtastic (ENERGY CAKE) (Case T-686/21) Language in which the application was lodged: German Parties Applicant: energy cake GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: A. Bernegger, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Foodtastic GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark ‘ENERGY CAKE’ – European Union trade mark No 14 808 935 Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 August 2021 in Case R 2324/2020-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order EUIPO to pay the costs. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) in conjunction with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________