Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 4.2.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 44/80 |

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Action brought on 10 December 2018 — El Corte Inglés v EUIPO — Lloyd Shoes (LLOYD)

(Case T-729/18)

(2019/C 44/107)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: El Corte Inglés, SA (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: J.L. Rivas Zurdo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Lloyd Shoes GmbH (Sulingen, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU figurative mark LLOYD — Application for registration No 10 367 721

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 September 2018 in Joined Cases R 2385/2017-1 and R 2431/2017-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision, inasmuch as, by dismissing in part the appeal brought by the opponent, it upholds in part the decision of the Opposition Division handed down in the opposition proceedings B 1 959 470, granting EU trade mark No 10 367 721 LLOYD (figurative) for ‘wholesaling and retailing, including via the internet and through teleshopping, in the fields of clothing, footwear, headgear’; |

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| — | order any party or parties opposing this action to pay the costs. |

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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