Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-199/20 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, May 29, 2020

• Resolution Date: May 29, 2020
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-199/20

Action brought on 14 April 2020 - Aldi Stores v EUIPO - Dualit (Shape of a toaster)

(Case T-199/20)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Aldi Stores Ltd (Atherstone, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Barker, Solicitor and C. Blythe, Barrister)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Dualit Ltd (Crawley, United Kingdom)

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 tridimensional mark (Shape of a toaster) - European Union trade mark No 48 728

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 February 2020 in Case R 1034/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision and uphold the application for a declaration of invalidity pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

alternatively, annul the contested decision and remit the case to the EUIPO, straight to the Cancellation Division or to the Boards of Appeal;

in the further alternative, annul the contested decision and uphold the application for a declaration of invalidity pursuant to Articles 7(1)(a), (e)(ii) and/or (e)(iii) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

order the EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by the applicant in connection with this appeal.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of...