Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 19.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 216/50 |

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Action brought on 21 April 2023 — Clofor v EUIPO — Sitges Alonso (Posts)

(Case T-208/23)

(2023/C 216/66)

Language in which the application was lodged: French

Parties

Applicant: Clofor (Renage, France) (represented by: P. Debré, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Paul Sitges Alonso (Barcelona, Spain)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the design at issue: Applicant

Design at issue: Community design (Posts) — Community design No 2 951 335-0001

Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Third Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 February 2023 in Case R 1103/2022-3

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision; |

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| — | amend the contested decision in such a way as to reject the application for declaration of invalidity of Community design No 2 951 335-0001; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs, including those incurred before the Third Board of Appeal. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 25(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, read in conjunction with Article 7 of that regulation; |

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| — | Reversal of the burden of proof and infringement of Article 52(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002. |

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