Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 29.1.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 32/44 |

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Action brought on 27 November 2017 — Ilhan v EUIPO — Time Gate (SPORTSWEAR COMPANY BIG SAM)

(Case T-785/17)

(2018/C 032/58)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Ercan Ilhan (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: S. Can, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Time Gate GmbH (Köln, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark containing the word elements ‘SPORTSWEAR COMPANY BIG SAM’ – International registration designating the European Union No 891 276

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 September 2017 in Case R 974/2016-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 13 September 2017 (R 974/2016-5) and therefore allow the registration of the trademark Sportswear Company BIG SAM; |

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| — | order Time Gate GmbH to bear its own costs; |

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| — | order EUIPO to bear its own costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Acquiescence pursuant Article 54 of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Erroneous assessment of the likelihood of confusion of signs. |

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