Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 20.9.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 382/35 |

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Action brought on 9 August 2021 — Les Éditions P. Amaury v EUIPO — Golden Balls (BALLON D’OR)

(Case T-478/21)

(2021/C 382/48)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Les Éditions P. Amaury (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) (represented by: T. de Haan and M. Laborde, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Golden Balls Ltd (London, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trademark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark BALLON D’OR — European Union trade mark No 4 226 148

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 June 2021 in Case R 1073/2020-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | partially set aside the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener to bear the costs, including those incurred by the applicant before the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009. |

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