Action brought on 3 February 2020 — Bezos Family Foundation v EUIPO — SNCF Mobilités (VROOM)

(Case T-56/20)

(2020/C 87/34)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bezos Family Foundation (Seattle, Washington, United States) (represented by: A. Klett and M. Schaffner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SNCF Mobilités, établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (Saint-Denis, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark VROOM — Application for registration No 17 569 997

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 November 2019 in Case R 1288/2019-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	annul the contested decision;

—	reject the opposition No B 3 051 050;

—	authorize the registration of the European Union trade mark application ‘VROOM’ No 17 569 997;

—	order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings before the General Court and before the EUIPO (Board of Appeal and Opposition Division) including the necessary expenses of the applicant in those proceedings.

Plea in law

—	Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.