Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 24.1.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 37/48 |

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Action brought on 22 November 2021 — LG Electronics v EUIPO — ZTE Deutschland (V10)

(Case T-741/21)

(2022/C 37/63)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, Republic of Korea) (represented by: M. Bölling, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: ZTE Deutschland (Düsseldorf, Germany)

Details of the proceedings before EUIPO

Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court

Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark V10 — European Union trade mark No 14 328 892

Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings

Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 September 2021 in Case R 2101/2020-5

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

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| — | annul the contested decision insofar as it rejects the applicant’s appeal against the cancellation decision in relation only to the goods smart phones, mobile phones and wearable smart phones; |

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| — | order EUIPO to bear the costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas in law

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 due to insufficient differentiation between invalidated goods; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 due to inconsistent argumentation on the public’s perception; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 by finding that there is no intrinsic and inherent characteristic; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 by finding that there is no easily recognizable characteristic; |

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| — | Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 by finding that there is no specific, precise and objective characteristic. |

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