Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 24.1.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 37/45 |

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Action brought on 17 November 2021 — The Chord Company v EUIPO — AVSL Group (CHORD)

(Case T-734/21)

(2022/C 37/59)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: The Chord Company Ltd (Wiltshire, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Deutsch, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: AVSL Group Ltd (Manchester, United Kingdom)

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 word mark CHORD — European Union trade mark No 8 254 229

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 August 2021 in Case R 1664/2020-2

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 and/or the other party to the proceeding before the Board of Appeal to pay the costs incurred by the applicant for the General Court, appeal and the cancellation proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 27(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 and Article 95 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of the right to be heard pursuant to article 94(1) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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