Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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|  | C/2023/349 | 30.10.2023 |

Action brought on 8 September 2023 — Skins IP v EUIPO — Symphony (S SKINS)

(Case T-559/23)

(C/2023/349)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Skins IP Ltd (Shirebrook, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister-at-Law)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Symphony Holdings Ltd (Hamilton, Bermuda)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark S SKINS — European Union trade mark No 5 310 511

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 June 2023 in Case R 1796/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | decide the appeal and revoke the class 10 specification in its entirety and revoke the class 25 specification save for the following goods:  Class 25: ‘Clothing, headgear, namely compression clothing, fitness wear, running wear’; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener (if the other party to the EUIPO proceedings duly participates as intervener) do bear their own costs and pay those of the applicant for annulment. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of article 58(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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