Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:563
Date: 2020-11-25
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Austria

Action brought on 23 December 2019 – Impera v EUIPO – Euro Games Technology (Flaming Forties) (Case T-874/19) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Impera GmbH (Steinhaus, Austria) (represented by: C. Straberger, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Euro Games Technology Ltd (Vranya-Lozen-Triugulnika, Bulgaria) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Flaming Forties – Application for registration No 16 729 154 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 October 2019 in Case R 2304/2018-5 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; allow the applicant’s European Union trade mark application No 16 729 154 in its entirety or in the alternative, remit the proceedings to the Board of Appeal; order the other party to the proceedings before EUIPO, if acting as intervener, to pay the applicant’s costs; order EUIPO, if the other party to the proceedings before EUIPO is not being allocated the costs, to pay the applicant’s costs. Plea in law Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. ____________