Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 12.11.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 408/58 |

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Action brought on 21 September 2018 — Lupu v EUIPO — Et Djili Soy Dzhihangir Ibryam (Djili DS)

(Case T-558/18)

(2018/C 408/75)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Victor Lupu (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: P. A. Acsinte, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Et Djili Soy Dzhihangir Ibryam (Dulovo, Bulgaria)

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 Djili DS — Application for registration No 8 404 551

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 June 2018 in Case R 2391/2017-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | uphold the opposition against the registration of the mark applied for (EUTM application 8 404 551) and/or cancel/declare the registration invalid. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights and of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights; |

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| — | Infringement of Rule 20(7)(a) and (c) of the Commission Regulation (EC) no. 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) no. 40/94 on the Community trade mark; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 53(2)(c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) no. 207/2009 in respect of Applicant’s copyright for the picture of the package ‘Djili’ written in red letters on a blue package with the figure of a parrot and in respect of Applicant’s rights to use a trade name for products in the sense of the Judgment of the European Court of Justice in the Case C-17/06 ‘Celine’. |

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