Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 18.10.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 422/37 |

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Action brought on 7 September 2021 — Agrarfrost v EUIPO — McCain (Shape of a smiley)

(Case T-553/21)

(2021/C 422/49)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Agrarfrost GmbH & Co. KG (Wildeshausen, Germany) (represented by: H. Förster and A. Ebert-Weidenfeller, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: McCain GmbH (Eschborn, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: European Union three-dimensional mark (Shape of a smiley) –European Union trade mark No 1 801 166

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 June 2021 in Case R 1088/2020-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred in the proceedings before the Cancellation Division and the Board of Appeal of the defendant. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 58(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 10(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625. |

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