Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 17.7.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 231/43 |

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Action brought on 15 May 2017 — VSM v EUIPO (WE KNOW ABRASIVES)

(Case T-297/17)

(2017/C 231/53)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: VSM . Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken AG (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: M. Horak, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘WE KNOW ABRASIVES’ — Application for registration No 15 063 522

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 March 2017 in Case R 1595/2016-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Breach of Article 7(1)(b), in conjunction with Article 7(2), of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Breach of Article 63(1), in conjunction with Articles 58 and 59, of Regulation No 207/2009, breach of Article 63(2) of Regulation No 207/2009, and thus infringement of the principle of audi alteram partem. |

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