Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 5.7.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 263/28 |

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Action brought on 11 May 2021 — Tigercat International v EUIPO — Caterpillar (Tigercat)

(Case T-251/21)

(2021/C 263/37)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Tigercat International Inc. (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) (represented by: S. Weidert, M. Pemsel and H. Bug, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark Tigercat — Application for registration No 12 124 368

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 February 2021 in Case R 16/2020-2

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 and the other parties to the proceedings before the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO to pay the costs including the costs in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 60(1)(a) in connection with Article 8(1)(b) and Article 85(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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