Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 30.4.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 152/57 |

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Action brought on 02 March 2018 — Theodorakidi v EUIPO — Benopoulou (THYREOS VASSILIKI)

(Case T-160/18)

(2018/C 152/67)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Vassiliki Theodorakidi (Veroia, Greece) (represented by: F. Ikonomidou Ikonomou, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vassiliki Benopoulou (Kifissia, Greece).

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark THYREOS VASSILIKI — EU trade mark No 8 206 963

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 December 2017 in Case R 40/2017-4.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision and, consequently, reject the invalidity action; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the other party to pay the costs, including the costs incurred before the Court, the Board of Appeal of EUIPO and the Cancellation Division. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 2017/1001; |

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| — | The Board of Appeal of EUIPO erred in law when stating that the other party is ‘widely known’; |

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| — | Infringement of the obligation to state reasons; |

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| — | The Board of Appeal of EUIPO erred when accepting that there should be no restriction as to the goods/services the invalidity should be accepted for. |

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