CELEX: 62018TN0222
Language: en
Date: 2018-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-222/18: Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Aliança — Vinhos de Portugal v EUIPO — Lidl Stiftung (ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL)

14.5.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 166/48
            
         Action brought on 23 March 2018 — Aliança — Vinhos de Portugal v EUIPO — Lidl Stiftung (ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL)
   (Case T-222/18)
   (2018/C 166/61)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Aliança — Vinhos de Portugal SA (Anadia, Portugal) (represented by: J. Mioludo, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany).
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL — EU trade mark No 13 907 027
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 January 2018 in Case R 1206/2017-5.
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision;
            
         
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               annul the decision of the Cancellation Division of 4 April 2017 in Cancellation No. 13433 C;
            
         
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               refuse the application for a declaration of invalidity of EU trade mark registration No. 13 907 027 ‘ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL (fig.)’;
            
         
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               maintain the EU trade mark registration No. 13 907 027 ‘ALIANÇA VINHOS DE PORTUGAL (fig.)’ valid for all the covered goods;
            
         
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               order EUIPO and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG to bear their own costs and pay those of the Appelant.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Articles 8(1)(b) and 60(1)(a) of Regulation No 2017/1001.