Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 6.2.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 38/41 |

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Action brought on 1 December 2016 — Deichmann v EUIPO — Vans (V)

(Case T-848/16)

(2017/C 038/55)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Deichmann SE (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Onken, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vans, Inc. (Cypress, California, United States of America)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark (representation ‘V’) — Application No 10 345 403

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 September 2016 in Case R 2129/2015-4

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. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 151(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 in conjunction with Rule 19(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95; |

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| — | Infringement of Rule 19(2)(a)(ii) and (3) and Rule 20(1) of Regulation No 2868/95; |

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| — | Infringement of the principles of legal security, of sound administration, of equal treatment and of non-retroactivity. |

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