Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 15.11.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 462/54 |

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Action brought on 14 September 2021 — Guangdong Camel Apparel v EUIPO — Worldwide Brands (CAMEL CROWN)

(Case T-590/21)

(2021/C 462/65)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Guangdong Camel Apparel Co. Ltd (Foshan City, China) (represented by: C. Bercial Arias and F. Codevelle, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (Cologne, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark CAMEL CROWN — Application for registration No 17 882 201

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 June 2021 in Joined Cases R 159/2020-5 and R 184/2020-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | upheld the appeal; |

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener, if it was the case, to bear the costs incurred by the applicant before the General Court. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, by reason of the erroneous assessment of the existence of a likelihood of confusion between the marks. |

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