CELEX: 62020TN0739
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-739/20: Action brought on 17 December 2020 — Unite the Union v EUIPO — WWRD Ireland (WATERFORD)

22.2.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 62/36
            
         
      Action brought on 17 December 2020 — Unite the Union v EUIPO — WWRD Ireland (WATERFORD)
      (Case T-739/20)
      (2021/C 62/47)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Unite the Union (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: B. O’Connor, Solicitor and M. Hommé, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: WWRD Ireland IPCO LLC (Wilmington, Delaware, 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 WATERFORD — European Union trade mark No 397 521
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 September 2020 in Case R 2683/2019-2
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  alter the contested decision in such a way as to find that the trade mark WATERFORD should be revoked within the terms of Article 58 EUTMR;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to pay the applicant’s costs.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 58(1)(c) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.