Action brought on 6 September 2021 — Worldwide Brands v EUIPO — Guangyu Wan (CAMEL)

(Case T-552/21)

(2021/C 431/61)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: R. Ahijón Lana and J. Gracia Albero, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Eric Guangyu Wan (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

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 word mark CAMEL — European Union trade mark No 1 015 593

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 July 2021 in Case R 1548/2020-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—	partially annul the contested decision to the extent that it upheld the appeal filed by the intervener and rejected the application for a declaration for revocation in relation to ‘shirts’;

—	order EUIPO to bear the costs of the present proceedings, including the costs deriving from the proceedings before the Cancellation Division and the First Board of Appeal.

Pleas in law

—	Infringement of Article 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Article 27(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625;

—	Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.