Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 29.3.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 111/29 |

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Action brought on 25 January 2016 — Biernacka-Hoba v EUIPO — Formata Bogusław Hoba (Formata)

(Case T-23/16)

(2016/C 111/34)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Ilona Biernacka-Hoba (Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland) (represented by: R. Rumpel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Formata Bogusław Hoba (Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland)

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 containing the word element ‘Formata’ — Community trade mark No 11 529 427

Procedure before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 November 2015 in Case R 102/2015-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | declare the action to be well founded; |

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| — | annul the contested decision insofar as it dismisses the application for cancellation of Trade Mark No 011529427 ‘Formata’; |

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| — | amend the contested decision by cancelling Trade Mark No 011529427 ‘Formata’; |

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| — | amend the contested decision with regard to the costs; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Breach of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. |

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