Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 18.12.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 437/33 |

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Action brought on 27 September 2017 — Anabi Blanga v EUIPO — Polo/Lauren (HPC POLO)

(Case T-657/17)

(2017/C 437/40)

Language in which the application was lodged: English

Parties

Applicant: Gidon Anabi Blanga (Mexico, Mexico) (represented by: M. Sanmartín Sanmartín, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: The Polo/Lauren Company LP (New York, New York, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘HPC POLO’ — Application for registration No 13 531 462

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 June 2017 in Case R 2368/2016-1

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 bear its own costs and pay the costs of the applicant. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) Regulation No 207/2009. |

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