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Case T-525/14: Action brought on 13 July 2014 — Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin v OHIM — Continental Reifen Deutschland (XKING)
Date: 2014-07-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU trade mark, registered trade mark, trade-mark law, vehicle parts








C_2014303EN.01005101.xml










8.9.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/51





Action brought on 13 July 2014 — Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin v OHIM — Continental Reifen Deutschland (XKING)
(Case T-525/14)
2014/C 303/60
Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties


Applicant: Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) (represented by: L. Carlini, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 5 May 2014 given in Case R 1522/2013-4;










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Order the defendant and the other party to the proceedings, should it intervene, to pay the costs of the proceedings.





Pleas in law and main arguments


Applicant for a Community trade mark: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark containing the verbal elements ‘XKING’ for goods in Class 12 — Community trade mark application No 1 0 6 44  821

Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: The applicant

Mark or sign cited in opposition: Community trademarks Nos 5 2 93  782 and 5 5 60  396, national marks an international registrations

Decision of the Opposition Division: Upheld the opposition in its entirety

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Annulled the contested decision and rejected the opposition

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and (5) CTMR