Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 7.5.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 161/71 |

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Action brought on 16 March 2018 — Rietze v EUIPO — Volkswagen (Motor vehicles)

(Case T-191/18)

(2018/C 161/89)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Rietze GmbH & Co. KG (Altdorf, Germany) (represented by: M. Krogmann, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Design at issue: European Union design No 762851-0001

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 January 2018 in Case R 1203/2016-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the decision of the Third Board of Appeal and declare EU design No 762851-0001 null and void; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 4(1), in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), of Regulation No 6/2002; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 6(2) of Regulation No 6/2002. |

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