Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 15.2.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 53/62 |

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Action brought on 21 December 2020 — Nissan Motor v EUIPO — VDL Groep (VDL E-POWERED)

(Case T-756/20)

(2021/C 53/78)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd (Yokohama-shi, Japan) (represented by: P. Martini-Berthon, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: VDL Groep BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark VDL E-POWERED — Application for registration No 17 895 699

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 October 2020 in Case R 2915/2019-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | allow the present applicant for annulment; |

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO and, as the case may be, the intervener to bear their own costs and pay those of the applicant. |

Pleas 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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| — | Infringement of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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