Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 14.5.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 166/47 |

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Action brought on 27 March 2018 — Brita v EUIPO (Shape of tap for preparing and dispensing beverages)

(Case T-213/18)

(2018/C 166/60)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Brita GmbH (Taunusstein, Germany) (represented by: P. Koch Moreno, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Trade mark at issue: EU tridimensional mark in black and white (Shape of tap for preparing and dispensing beverages) — Application for registration No 16 053 068

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2018 in Case R 1864/2017-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | order to accept the European Union Trademark Application no. 16 053 068 in relation to all the goods and services applied for in classes 7, 11, 21, 37 and 40; |

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| — | order EUIPO to bear its own costs and the fees and costs of BRITA GmbH. |

Plea in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 2017/1001. |

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