Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 24.10.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 408/39 |

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Action brought on 4 September 2022 — Martin Rodrigo v EUIPO — Louis Vuitton Malletier (CALIFORNIA Dreaming by Made in California)

(Case T-542/22)

(2022/C 408/52)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Andres Carlos Martin Rodrigo (Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Spain) (represented by: J. L. Donoso Romero, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Louis Vuitton Malletier (Paris, 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 figurative mark CALIFORNIA Dreaming by Made in California — Application for registration No 18 224 612

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 June 2022 in Case R 2242/2021-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision in all its pronouncements; |

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| — | therefore, the opposition must be rejected in its entirety; and consequently the European Union figurative mark application must be granted for all the goods and services; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener 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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