CELEX: 62016TN0229
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-229/16: Action brought on 6 May 2016 — Pio De Bragança v EUIPO — Ordem de São Miguel da Ala (QUIS UT DEUS)

25.7.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 270/48
            
         Action brought on 6 May 2016 — Pio De Bragança v EUIPO — Ordem de São Miguel da Ala (QUIS UT DEUS)
   (Case T-229/16)
   (2016/C 270/55)
   Language in which the application was lodged: Portuguese
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Duarte Pio De Bragança (Sintra, Portugal) (represented by: J. Sardinha, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Ordem de São Miguel da Ala (Lisbon, Portugal)
   
      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 figurative mark containing the word elements ‘quis ut deus’ — European Union trade mark No 005747936
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 February 2016 in Case R 621/2015-2
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
               —
            
            
               annul the contested decision and, therefore, declare the total invalidity, on the grounds of lack of genuine use, of the contested trade mark including with respect to the ‘signboards of metal’ goods belonging to Class 6;
            
         
               —
            
            
               order EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   Infringement of Article 15(1) and Article 51(1)(a) and 51(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark, [the present action] having been brought under Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).