Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2024/963 | 29.1.2024 |

Action brought on 21 November 2023 — Barbato v EUIPO — Hightouch (Steve Jobs)

(Case T-1087/23)

(C/2024/963)

Language in which the application was lodged: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Vincenzo Barbato (Naples, Italy) (represented by: M. Andreolini and F. Andreolini, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Hightouch Ltd (Ashtead, United Kingdom)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark Steve Jobs — EU trade mark No 11 687 316

Proceedings before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 September 2023 in Case R 78/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul and, where appropriate, amend the contested decision; |

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| — | award the costs in the applicant’s favour. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 58(1)(a), in conjunction with Article 18(1), and with Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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