(Case T-564/19 Action brought on 14 August 2019– Lozano Arana and Others v EUIPO – Coltejer (LIBERTADOR)

Action brought on 14 August 2019– Lozano Arana and Others v EUIPO – Coltejer (LIBERTADOR)

(Case T-564/19)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Antonio Lozano Arana (Cali, Colombia), Daniel Simon Benmaor (Marseille, France), Marion Esther Benmaor (Marseille), Valérie Brigitte Danielle Servant (Marrakech, Morocco) (represented by: M.Angelier, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Coltejer SA (Itagüí, Antioquia, Colombia)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietors of the trade mark at issue: Applicants before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark LIBERTADOR – European Union trade mark No9067414

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20June2019 in Case R2482/2018-4

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:

annul the contested decision.

Pleas in law

Infringement of essential procedural requirements (right of defense, right to access to a judge);

Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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