29.3.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/36


Action brought on 8 February 2021 — Distintiva Solutions v EUIPO — Makeblock (Makeblock)

(Case T-86/21)

(2021/C 110/41)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Distintiva Solutions S. Coop. Pequeña (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) (represented by: M. J. Sanmartín Sanmartín, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Makeblock Co. Ltd (Shenzhen, China)

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 Makeblock — European Union trade mark No 12 249 488

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 November 2020 in Case R 988/2020-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order EUIPO to bear its own costs and pay the costs of the applicant.

Pleas in law

Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Infringement of Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.