Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 18.1.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 19/61 |

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Action brought on 9 November 2020 — Sam McKnight v EUIPO — Carolina Herrera (COOL GIRL)

(Case T-670/20)

(2021/C 19/65)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Sam McKnight Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Carolina Herrera Ltd (New York, New York, United States)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark COOL GIRL — Application for registration No 16 681 975

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 August 2020 in Case R 689/2019-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order that the costs of the proceedings be borne by the defendant, and in case Carolina Herrera joins the proceedings, the intervener. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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