Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-523/19 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, August 23, 2019

• Resolution Date: August 23, 2019
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-523/19

Action brought on 23 July 2019 - Sky v EUIPO - Safran Electronics & Defense (SKYNAUTE by SAGEM)

(Case T-523/19)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Sky Ltd (Isleworth, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Zalewska, lawyer, and A. Brackenbury, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Safran Electronics & Defense (Boulogne-Billancourt, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SKYNAUTE by SAGEM - Application for registration No 14 821 334

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 May 2019 in Case R 919/2018-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

uphold the applicant’s application;

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to pay the applicant’s costs of this application and the proceedings before the Office.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of...