Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 16.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 390/41 |

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Action brought on 28 September 2020 — Univers Agro v EUIPO — Shandong Hengfeng Rubber & Plastic (AGATE)

(Case T-592/20)

(2020/C 390/59)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Univers Agro EOOD (Sofia, Bulgaria) (represented by: C. Hernández-Martí Pérez, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Shandong Hengfeng Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd (Dongying, China)

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 AGATE — European Union trade mark No 16 440 596

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 July 2020 in Case R 725/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | declares the EUTM No 16 440 596 as a valid trade mark; |

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| — | order EUIPO, and if applicable, the intervener, to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by considering the EUTM proprietor acted in bad faith when the application for the mark was filed; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 60(1)(c) in conjunction with Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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