Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| European flag | Official Journal  of the European Union | EN  Series C |

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Action brought on 2 November 2023 — Tecom Master v EUIPO — Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH (MK MICHAEL MICHELE)

(Case T-1053/23)

(C/2024/430)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Tecom Master, SL (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: T. Villate Consonni, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Michael Kors (Switzerland) International GmbH (Manno, Switzerland)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant

Trade mark at issue: Figurative mark MK MICHAEL MICHELE — EU trade mark No 13 227 004

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 September 2023 in Case R 1959/2021-1

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should annul the decision that declared the contested mark invalid, reinstating that mark’s registration.

Pleas in law

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| — | Consent to the registration. |

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| — | Failure sufficiently to demonstrate bad faith at the time of the application for the mark declared invalid. |

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| — | No likelihood of confusion and, as a result, inapplicability of Article 8(5) or Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |

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