CELEX: 62016TN0799
Language: en
Date: 2016-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-799/16: Action brought on 16 November 2016 — Xiaomi v EUIPO — Dudingen Develops (MI)

23.1.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 22/43
            
         Action brought on 16 November 2016 — Xiaomi v EUIPO — Dudingen Develops (MI)
   (Case T-799/16)
   (2017/C 022/59)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Xiaomi, Inc. (Beijing, China) (represented by: T. Raab and C. Tenkhoff, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Dudingen Develops, SL (Numancia de la Sagra, Spain)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: figurative mark ‘MI’ — EU trade mark application No 13 498 423
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 September 2016 in Case R 337/2016-4
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision in part, namely in so far as it held that there was no likelihood of confusion as regards:
               
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                           ‘Electrical cables; Sheaths for electric cables; Cable covers [conduits]; Electrical power extension cords; Enamelled electric wires; Cable locators; Adapter cables (Electric -); Insulated electrical cables; Resistance wires; Thermocouple wires; Metallic cables [electric]; Cable connectors; Measuring cables; Connection cables; Ducting for electric cables; Cable splices for electric cables; Mounting cords [electrical]; Conduit for electric cables; Cable channels (Electric -); Cable boxes (ElectriC -); Cable junctions for electric cables; Wire connectors [electricity}; Heat resistant electric wires; Connection blocks [electric cable]; Helmets for use in spotts; Tags for identifying electric cables; Connections for electric cables; Markers for electric wire; Mineral insulated electric cables; Male connectors for electrical cables; Flexible sheaths for electric cables; Electricity mains (Materials for -) [wires, cables]; Junction sleeves for electric cables; Junction boxes for electric wires; Joint boxes for housing cable joints; Apparatus, instruments and cables for electricity; Electrical power adaptors; Plug adaptors; Adapter connectors (Electric -); Adapters for connecting telephones to hearing aids; Travel adaptors for electric plugs’ in Class 9 and
                        
                     
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                           ‘Rucksacks; small rucksacks; bags for climbers’ in Class 18;
                        
                     
         
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               order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceeding.
            
         
      Plea(s) in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.