Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 22.5.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 179/70 |

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Action brought on 31 March 2023 — Simpson Performance Products v EUIPO — Freundlieb (BANDIT)

(Case T-173/23)

(2023/C 179/97)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Simpson Performance Products, Inc. (New Braunfels, Texas, United States) (represented by: J. Götz, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Andreas Freundlieb (Berlin, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

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

Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark BANDIT — Application No 18 179 533

Proceedings before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 January 2023 in Case R 784/2022-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | dismiss EU trade mark application No 18 179 533 BANDIT; |

in the alternative:

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| — | refer the proceedings back to another Board of Appeal of EUIPO for a fresh hearing and decision; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 107 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council in conjunction with Article 3(1) and Article 20(3) of the Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany); |

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

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