CELEX: 62020TN0517
Language: en
Date: 2020-08-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-517/20: Action brought on 17 August 2020 — VF International v EUIPO — National Geographic Society (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)

12.10.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 339/26
            
         
      Action brought on 17 August 2020 — VF International v EUIPO — National Geographic Society (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
      (Case T-517/20)
      (2020/C 339/33)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: VF International Sagl (Stabio, Switzerland) (represented by: T. van Innis, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: National Geographic Society (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
      
         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: European Union word mark NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC — European Union trade mark No 9 419 731
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 May 2020 in Case R 1665/2019-1
      
         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 its own costs and to pay those of the applicant.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.