(Case T-398/18)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Radoslaw Pielczyk (Klijndijk, Netherlands) (represented by: K. Kielar, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Thalgo TCH (Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union trade mark No 11 649 324

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 April 2018 in Joined Cases R 979/2017-4 and R 1070/2017-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the contested decision in part, namely in so far as the Board of Appeal

a)dismissed the Applicant’s appeal R 979/2017-4

b)partially allowed the cancellation Thalgo TCH’s appeal R 1070/2017-4 for the goods in Class 3 of the Nice Classification;

c)declared the EUTM No 11 649 324 also invalid for the indicated goods in Class 3;

d)upheld EUIPO’s decision of 21/03/2017 (Cancellation proceedings No 11 974 C) in part in which pursuant to the decision the Applicant’s trade mark has been declared invalid for goods in Class 3;

—order Thalgo TCH to pay the costs incurred in the proceedings before the cancellation Division of the EUIPO and the Board of Appeal;

—order EUIPO to pay the costs of the present proceedings.

Pleas in law

—Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) in connection with Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

—Infringement of Rule 22(3)(4) in connection with Rule 40(6) of the Commission Regulation (Ec) No 2868/95;

—Infringement of Article 64(2)(3) in connection with Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.