Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 15.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 173/39 |

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Action brought on 27 March 2023 — Sengül Ayhan v EUIPO — Pegase (Rock Creek)

(Case T-162/23)

(2023/C 173/51)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Sengül Ayhan eK (Essen, Germany) (represented by: M. Boden, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Pegase SAS (Saint-Malo, France)

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 Rock Creek — Application for registration No 18 352 299

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 January 2023 in Case R 1237/2022-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision and the decision of the Opposition Division of 12 May 2022; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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