Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 31.8.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 287/39 |

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Action brought on 9 July 2020 –Włodarczyk v EUIPO — Ave Investment (dziandruk)

(Case T-434/20)

(2020/C 287/58)

Language in which the application was lodged: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Piotr Włodarczyk (Pabianice, Poland) (represented by: M. Bohaczewski, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ave Investment sp. z o.o. (Pabianice, Poland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark featuring the word ‘dziandruk’ in red and grey — EU trade mark No 15 742 091

Procedure before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 May 2020 in Case R 2192/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Court and before the Cancellation Division and Board of Appeal of EUIPO; |

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| — | in the alternative, order Ave Investment to pay the costs of the proceedings before the Court and before the Cancellation Division and Board of Appeal of EUIPO. |

Plea 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. |

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