Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 6.4.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 101/22 |

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Action brought on 31 January 2013 — Vans/OHIM (Line which slants and curves)

(Case T-53/13)

2013/C 101/47

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Vans, Inc. (Cypress, United Sates) (represented by: M. Hirsch, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | Annul the contested decision in its entirety; |

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| — | Order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceeding. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

Community trade mark concerned: Figurative mark containing a device of a line which slants and curves for goods in classes 18 and 25 — Community trade mark application No 10 263 838

Decision of the Examiner: Rejected the CTM application

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and 7(3) of Council Regulation No 207/2009.

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