CELEX: 62016TN0386
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-386/16: Action brought on 22 July 2016 — Falegnameria Universo dei F.lli Priarollo v EUIPO — Zanini Porte (silente PORTE & PORTE)

17.10.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 383/15
            
         Action brought on 22 July 2016 — Falegnameria Universo dei F.lli Priarollo v EUIPO — Zanini Porte (silente PORTE & PORTE)
   (Case T-386/16)
   (2016/C 383/21)
   Language in which the application was lodged: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Falegnameria Universo dei F.lli Priarollo Snc (Caerano di San Marco, Italy) (represented by: B. Osti, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Zanini Porte (Corbiolo di Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word elements ‘silente PORTE & PORTE’ — European Union trade mark No 4 191 425
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 April 2016 in Case R 240/2015-1
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               as a preliminary point, ascertain that the Board of Appeal went beyond what had been sought and, in consequence, refer the decision back to the Board of Appeal of EUIPO for infringement of Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009, taking into account Article 1(d) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 216/96 of 5 February 1996, as amended, concerning the referral of a case to a Board of Appeal that has not already heard the case;
            
         
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               on the merits, alter the contested decision and, consequently, order EUIPO to pay the fees and costs incurred by the applicant in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal because the decision is unfounded in fact and in law, and at all events to pay the costs, on an equitable basis;
            
         
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               by way of measure of inquiry, order production of the files relating to proceedings No 000008977 C before the Cancellation Division of EUIPO and resulting Case No R0240/2015.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Articles 75 and 76 of Regulation No 207/2009;
            
         
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               Infringement of Rule 37(b)(1) and of Rule 50 of Regulation No 2868/95.