CELEX: 62018TN0134
Language: en
Date: 2018-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-134/18: Action brought on 1 March 2018 — Monster Energy v EUIPO — Nordbrand Nordhausen (BALLER’S PUNCH)

23.4.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 142/67
            
         Action brought on 1 March 2018 — Monster Energy v EUIPO — Nordbrand Nordhausen (BALLER’S PUNCH)
   (Case T-134/18)
   (2018/C 142/86)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Monster Energy Company (Corona, California, United States) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Nordbrand Nordhausen GmbH (Nordhausen, Germany)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU word mark BALLER’S PUNCH — Application for registration No 14 823 306
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 December 2017 in Case R 998/2017-1
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision;
            
         
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               annul the decision of the Opposition Division of 13 March 2017 in Opposition B002643172;
            
         
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               register the opposed mark for all goods covered by the application;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to bear its own costs and pay those of the Applicant.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No. 2017/1001.