Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.2.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 62/36 |

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Action brought on 17 December 2020 — Unite the Union v EUIPO — WWRD Ireland (WATERFORD)

(Case T-739/20)

(2021/C 62/47)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Unite the Union (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: B. O’Connor, Solicitor and M. Hommé, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: WWRD Ireland IPCO LLC (Wilmington, Delaware, United States)

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 word mark WATERFORD — European Union trade mark No 397 521

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 September 2020 in Case R 2683/2019-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | alter the contested decision in such a way as to find that the trade mark WATERFORD should be revoked within the terms of Article 58 EUTMR; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the applicant’s costs. |

Plea in law

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

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