Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 6.6.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 178/31 |

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Action brought on 12 April 2017 — M J Quinlan & Associates v EUIPO — Intersnack Group (Shape of a kangaroo)

(Case T-219/17)

(2017/C 178/45)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: M J Quinlan & Associates Pty Ltd (Hope Island, Queensland, Australia) (represented by: M. Freiherr von Welser and A. Bender, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU tridimensional mark (Shape of a kangaroo) — European Union trade mark No 13 342

Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 January 2017 in Case R 218/2016-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs; |

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| — | conduct an oral hearing, in order to ensure the parties’ right to a full hearing. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 15(2) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 51(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 15(1)(2)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009. |

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