Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:685
Date: 2018-10-16
Language of the case: English
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Action brought on 25 August 2017 – Asics v EUIPO – Van Lieshout textile Agenturen (Representation of four crossing lines) (Case T-581/17) Language in which the application was lodged: English Parties Applicant: Asics Corporation (Kobe, Japan) (represented by: M. Polo Carreño, M. Granado Carpenter, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Van Lieshout textiel Agenturen BV (Berkel-Enschot, The Netherlands) Details of the proceedings before EUIPO Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark (Representation of four crossing lines) – Application for registration No 11 952 678 Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings Contested decision: Decision of the fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 June 2017 in Case R 2129/2016-4 Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul the contested decision; order the reimbursement of its costs in this appeal before the General Court. Pleas in law Infringement of Article 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009; Breach of the duty of the Board to revise the legality of the first instance decision; Infringement of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009; Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009; Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009. ____________