Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 19.9.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 343/44 |

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Action brought on 28 July 2016 — Carrera Brands v EUIPO — Autec (Carrera)

(Case T-419/16)

(2016/C 343/59)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Carrera Brands Ltd (Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China) (represented by: C. Markowsky, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Autec AG (Nuremberg, Germany)

Details of the procedure before EUIPO

Proprietor of the mark at issue: the applicant

Mark at issue: EU word mark ‘Carrera’ — EU trade mark No 4 630 711

Proceedings before EUIPO: revocation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 June 2016 in Case R 278/2015-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul paragraph 2 of the operative part of the contested decision and amend it to the extent that the decision of the Cancellation Division of 21 January 2015 is annulled; |

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| — | annul the contested decision with regard to the rejection of the applicant’s request for the proceedings to be stayed; and |

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| — | in the alternative: amend the contested decision in such a way that the applicant’s request of 22 August 2014 for the proceedings to be stayed, repeated on 21 May 2015 in the appeal proceedings, is granted; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred in the appeal proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 56(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Infringement of Rule 20(7)(c) of Regulation No 2868/95. |

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