CELEX: 62020TN0592
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-592/20: Action brought on 28 September 2020 — Univers Agro v EUIPO — Shandong Hengfeng Rubber & Plastic (AGATE)

16.11.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 390/41
            
         
      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.