CELEX: 62021TN0338
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-338/21: Action brought on 18 June 2021 — F I S I v EUIPO — Verband der Deutschen Daunen- und Federnindustrie (ECODOWN)

9.8.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 320/48
            
         
      Action brought on 18 June 2021 — F I S I v EUIPO — Verband der Deutschen Daunen- und Federnindustrie (ECODOWN)
      (Case T-338/21)
      (2021/C 320/54)
      Language in which the application was lodged: Italian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: F I S I Fibre sintetiche SpA (Oggiono, Italy) (represented by: G. Cartella and B. Cartella, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Verband der Deutschen Daunen- und Federnindustrie (Magonza, 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 ‘ECODOWN’ — European Union trade mark No 2 756 740
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 April 2021 in Case R 216/2020-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  consequently, rule on the merits confirming the validity of EU trade mark No 2 756 740
               
            
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                  order the other party to the proceedings to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Incorrect consideration of the evidence submitted by the applicant regarding the distinctive character of the mark acquired through use.