Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 8.6.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 191/35 |

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Action brought on 6 April 2020 — Chiquita Brands v EUIPO — Fyffes International (HOYA)

(Case T-189/20)

(2020/C 191/48)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Chiquita Brands LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States) (represented by: W. Pors, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Fyffes International Unlimited Company (Dublin, Ireland)

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 HOYA in colours yellow, blue and black — European Union trade mark No 10 612 166

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 January 2020 in Case R 962/2019-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | grant the applicant’s application for revocation in full; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the full costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of the prohibition of reformatio in peius and Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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