Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 7.12.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 406/31 |

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Action brought on 13 May 2015 — Vince v OHIM (ELECTRIC HIGHWAY)

(Case T-315/15)

(2015/C 406/32)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Dale Vince (Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) (represented by: B. Longstaff, barrister)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM

Trade mark at issue: Community word mark ‘ELECTRIC HIGHWAY’ — Application for registration No 010655819

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 March 2015 in Case R 1442/2014-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | allow the applicant’s application for the mark to proceed in full to registration; |

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| — | order OHIM to pay its own costs and those of the applicant. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Incorrect interpretation of the meaning of the mark in relation to Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Incorrect interpretation of the relevant services in Class 39; |

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| — | The meaning of the mark asserted by the Board does not describe the services in any event; |

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| — | Incorrect application of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. |

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