Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 24.1.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 37/46 |

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Action brought on 17 November 2021 — Aprile and Commerciale Italiana v EUIPO — DC Comics partnership (Device of a stylized depiction of a black bat inside a white oval frame)

(Case T-735/21)

(2022/C 37/60)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Luigi Aprile (San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Italy), Commerciale Italiana Srl (Nola, Italy) (represented by: C. Saettel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: DC Comics partnership (Burbank, California, United States)

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 figurative mark (Device of a stylised depiction of a black bat inside a white oval frame) — European Union trade mark No 38 158

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 September 2021 in Case R 1447/2020-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | find the application admissible; |

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO and the intervener to pay the costs in accordance with Article 134(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 95(1) 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 59(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 59(1)(a) read in conjunction with Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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