CELEX: 62018TN0122
Language: en
Date: 2018-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-122/18: Action brought on 27 February 2018 — Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO — Shimano Europe (PRO)

23.4.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 142/63
            
         Action brought on 27 February 2018 — Lidl Stiftung v EUIPO — Shimano Europe (PRO)
   (Case T-122/18)
   (2018/C 142/81)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Neckarsulm, Germany) (represented by: A. Berger and A. Marx, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Shimano Europe BV (Nunspeet, Netherlands).
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark PRO — Application for registration No 14 468 904
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 December 2017 in Case R 1332/2017-5.
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision and reject Opposition No 002654773 filed against EUTM application No 014 468 904;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings;
            
         
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               order Shimano Europe B.V. to pay the costs of the proceedings before the EUIPO.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 2017/1001;
            
         
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               Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 2017/1001.