Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 24.10.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 392/48 |

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Action brought on 7 September 2016 — Deichmann v EUIPO — Vans (Representation of a bar on the side of a shoe)

(Case T-638/16)

(2016/C 392/63)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Deichmann SE (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Onken, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vans, Inc. (Cypress, California, United States of America)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Applicant: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal

Trade mark at issue: EU position mark (Representation of a bar on the side of a shoe) — Application No 10 263 895

Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 July 2016 in Case R 408/2015-4

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | amend the contested decision so that the decision of the Opposition Division of 23 December 2014 is annulled, opposition B 001919210 accepted and EU trade mark application No 10 263 895 rejected; |

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| — | in the alternative, annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of 6 July 2016 in Case R 408/2015-4; |

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| — | order EUIPO to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009; |

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| — | Infringement of Rules 19(2) and 20(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95, Articles 151(1) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009, and the principles of legal certainty and non-retroactivity. |

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