Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.1.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 22/48 |

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Action brought on 17 November 2016 — MIP Metro v EUIPO — Afnor (N & NF TRADING)

(Case T-807/16)

(2017/C 022/65)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: MIP Metro Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: J.-C. Plate and R. Kaase, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Association française de normalisation (Afnor) (La Plaine Saint-Denis, France)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the mark ‘N & NF TRADING’ — International registration No 1 086 884 designating the European Union

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 July 2016 in Case R 1109/2015-1

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 pay the costs of the proceedings. |

Plea in law

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

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