Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 1.6.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 178/23 |

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Action brought on 2 April 2015 — Bundesverband Souvenir — Geschenke — Ehrenpreise v OHIM — Freistaat Bayern (NEUSCHWANSTEIN)

(Case T-167/15)

(2015/C 178/23)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicants: Bundesverband Souvenir — Geschenke — Ehrenpreise e.V. (Veitsbronn, Deutschland) (represented by: B. Bittner, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Appeal Board: Freistaat Bayern (Munich, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: The other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘NEUSCHWANSTEIN’

Procedure before OHIM: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the OHIM of 22 January 2015 in Case R 28/2014-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | declare the sign ‘NEUSCHWANSTEIN’ — Community trade mark No 10 144 392 — invalid; |

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| — | order OHIM to pay the costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 52(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. |

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