Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 19.7.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 289/34 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 2 June 2021 — Style & Taste v EUIPO — The Polo/Lauren Company (Representation of a polo player)

(Case T-169/19) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2021289EN.01003401-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark representing a polo player - Earlier national design - Relative ground for invalidity - Article 52(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 60(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

(2021/C 289/50)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Style & Taste, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: L. Plaza Fernández-Villa, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Palmero Cabezas and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: The Polo/Lauren Company LP (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: M. Garayalde Niño, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 January 2019 (Case R 1272/2018-5), relating to invalidity proceedings between Style & Taste and The Polo/Lauren Company.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Style & Taste, SL to pay the costs. |

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