Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16.9.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 312/48 |

---

Action brought on 30 July 2019 — H.R. Participations v EUIPO — Hottinger Investment Management (JCE HOTTINGUER)

(Case T-535/19)

(2019/C 312/40)

Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties

Applicant: H.R. Participations SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: P. Wilhelm and J. Rossi, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Hottinger Investment Management Ltd (London, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark JCE HOTTINGUER — EU trade mark No 10 093 391

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 May 2019 in Case R 2078/2018-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | declare the application admissible and well-founded; |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | annul the contested decision; |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | order EUIPO to bear all the costs incurred by the applicant. |

Pleas in law

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Infringement of essential procedural requirements, in so far as the application for a declaration of invalidity before the Cancellation Division was flawed. |

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

---

[Top](#document1)