Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 3.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 235/62 |

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Action brought on 8 May 2023 — Sky v EUIPO — Skyworks Solutions (SKYWORKS Sky5)

(Case T-246/23)

(2023/C 235/75)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Sky Ltd (Isleworth, United Kingdom) (represented by: A. Zalewska-Orabona, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States)

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 SKYWORKS Sky5 — Application for registration No 17 936 585

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 February 2023 in Case R 2461/2020-4

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 and, in case it joins the proceedings, the intervener to bear the costs incurred by the applicant. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b), 8(5), 8(2)(c) and 8(4) in conjunction with Article 46(1)(a) and (c) and Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council insofar as the Board of Appeal found that the earlier UK rights no longer constitute a valid base in inter partes proceedings before the EUIPO; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council to the extent that the Board of Appeal found that evidence of use, enhanced distinctiveness and/or reputation of the earlier EU marks must be excluded from the opposition proceedings insofar as such evidence related to the UK territory. |

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