Action brought on 6 September 2019 — Veronese Design Company v EUIPO — Veronese (VERONESE)

(Case T-608/19)

(2019/C 372/36)

Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties

Applicant: Veronese Design Company Ltd (Kowloon, Hong Kong, China) (represented by: B. Lafont, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Veronese SAS (Paris, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark VERONESE — European Union trade mark No 8 831 844

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 June 2019 in Case R 2434/2018-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	find that the application and the annexes thereto are admissible;

—	annul the contested decision;

—	order EUIPO to pay the costs.

Plea in law

Infringement of Article 60(1), read in conjunction with Article 8(1) and (2), of Regulation No 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.