CELEX: 62016TN0081
Language: en
Date: 2016-02-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-81/16: Action brought on 18 February 2016 — Pirelli Tyre v EUIPO (two curved stripes on the sidewall of a tyre)

2.5.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 156/51
            
         Action brought on 18 February 2016 — Pirelli Tyre v EUIPO (two curved stripes on the sidewall of a tyre)
   (Case T-81/16)
   (2016/C 156/68)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Pirelli Tyre SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: T. Müller, F. Togo, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU position mark consisting in two curved stripes positioned on the sidewall of a tyre — Application for registration No 13 388 293
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 December 2015 in Case R 1019/2015-1
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Infringement of several formal and procedural principles when assessing the absolute grounds;
            
         
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               Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;
            
         
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               Infringement of Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009.