Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 14.5.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 166/48 |

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Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Aliança — Vinhos de Portugal v EUIPO — Lidl Stiftung (ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL)

(Case T-222/18)

(2018/C 166/61)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Aliança — Vinhos de Portugal SA (Anadia, Portugal) (represented by: J. Mioludo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany).

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL — EU trade mark No 13 907 027

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 January 2018 in Case R 1206/2017-5.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | annul the decision of the Cancellation Division of 4 April 2017 in Cancellation No. 13433 C; |

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| — | refuse the application for a declaration of invalidity of EU trade mark registration No. 13 907 027 ‘ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL (fig.)’; |

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| — | maintain the EU trade mark registration No. 13 907 027 ‘ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL (fig.)’ valid for all the covered goods; |

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| — | order EUIPO and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG to bear their own costs and pay those of the Appelant. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Articles 8(1)(b) and 60(1)(a) of Regulation No 2017/1001. |

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