Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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|  | C/2024/3482 | 10.6.2024 |

Action brought on 16 April 2024 – Skechers USA v EUIPO

(HOODLESS HOODIES)

(Case T-206/24)

(C/2024/3482)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Skechers USA, Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, California, United States) (represented by: J. Bogatz, Y. Stone and J. Feigl, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark HOODLESS HOODIES – Application for registration No 1 625 098

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 February 2024 in Case R 1799/2023-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision upholding the partial refusal of protection; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by the applicant. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of the principle of equality as laid down in Article 20 in conjunction with Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’); |

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| — | Infringement the right to good administration as laid down in Article 41(1) of the Charter. |

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