Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Action brought on 16 April 2025 – Skechers USA v EUIPO (HANDS-FREE SLIP-INS)

(Case T-254/25)

(C/2025/3078)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Skechers USA, Inc. II (Manhattan Beach, California, United States) (represented by: J. Bogatz, Y. Stone, J. Feigl and J. Graf Wrangel, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark HANDS-FREE SLIP-INS – Application for registration No 1 776 722

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 February 2025 in Case R 1233/2024-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 94(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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