Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 13.6.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 211/57 |

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Action brought on 6 April 2016 — Ecolab USA v EUIPO (ECOLAB)

(Case T-150/16)

(2016/C 211/71)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Ecolab USA, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: V. Töbelmann and C. Menebröcker, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the mark ‘ECOLAB’ — Application for registration No 1 180 255

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 January 2016 in Case R 644/2015-4

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 to pay its own costs as well as the costs of the applicant. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Articles 7(1)(b), (c) and 7(2) of EUTMR; |

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| — | Infringement of the principles of equal treatment and legal certainty; |

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| — | Infringement of Articles 75 first sentence of EUTMR. |

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