CELEX: 62020TA0398
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-398/20: Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2021 –Riviera-Airport v EUIPO — Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (RIVIERA AIRPORT) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark RIVIERA AIRPORT — Bad faith — Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

26.7.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/41
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2021 –Riviera-Airport v EUIPO — Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (RIVIERA AIRPORT)
      (Case T-398/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark RIVIERA AIRPORT - Bad faith - Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 59(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2021/C 297/51)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Aeroporto di Villanova d’Albenga SpA (Riviera-Airport) (Villanova d’Albenga, Italy) (represented by: G. Casucci, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Capostagno, acting as Agent)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (Nice, France) (represented by: Y. Bizollon, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 April 2020 (Case R 2174/2019-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Riviera-Airport and Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Aeroporto di Villanova d’Albenga SpA (Riviera-Airport) to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 271, 17.8.2020.