19.10.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 348/18 |
Order of the General Court of 15 July 2020 — Koopman International v EUIPO — Tinnus Enterprises and Mystic Products (fluid distribution equipment)
(Case T-839/19) (1)
(Action for annulment - Community design - Invalidity proceedings - Registered Community design representing fluid distribution equipment - Suspension of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal - Act not open to challenge - Preparatory act - Inadmissibility)
(2020/C 348/26)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Koopman International BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (represented by G. van den Bergh and B. Brouwer, lawyers)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO intervening before the General Court: Tinnus Enterprises LLC (Plano, Texas, United States) (represented by A. Odle, lawyer)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO: Mystic Products Import & Export, SL (Badalona, Spain)
Re:
Action brought against the provisional decision of the Third Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 18 September 2019 (Case R 1006/2018-3), relating to invalidity proceedings between Mystic Products Import & Export and Koopman International, on the one hand, and Tinnus Enterprises, on the other hand.
Operative part of the order
1. |
The action is dismissed as inadmissible. |
2. |
Koopman International BV shall pay its own costs and the costs incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Tinnus Enterprises LLC. |