CELEX: 62017CN0086
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-86/17 P: Appeal brought on 16 February 2017 by Redpur GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 15 December 2016 in Case T-227/15, Redpur GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

3.7.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 213/16
            
         Appeal brought on 16 February 2017 by Redpur GmbH against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) delivered on 15 December 2016 in Case T-227/15, Redpur GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   (Case C-86/17 P)
   (2017/C 213/19)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Redpur GmbH (represented by: S. Schiller, Rechtsanwalt)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Redwell Manufaktur GmbH
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The appellant claims that the Court of Justice should:
   
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               set aside the General Court’s judgment of 15 December 2016 in Case T-227/15 and reject the opposition;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs incurred by the present appellant in these proceedings;
            
         
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               order Redwell Manufaktur GmbH to pay the costs incurred by the present appellant in the proceedings before the Opposition Division and the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.
            
         
      Grounds of appeal and main arguments
   
   
      Applicant for an EU trade mark: Appellant
   
      EU trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘Redpur’ for goods in Class 11 — EU trade mark registration application No 10 934 305
   
      Proprietor of the mark or sign cited in the opposition proceedings: Other party to the proceedings
   
      Marks or signs cited in the opposition proceedings: EU word and figurative mark No 004769717 ‘redwell INFRAROT HEIZUNGEN’ for goods in Class 11; Austrian word mark with registration No 232549 ‘Redwell’ for goods in Class 11; International word mark (WIPO) with registration No 914971, ‘Redwell’ for goods in Class 11 and Company Names in Austria ‘REDWELL Manufaktur GmbH’ for heating systems and room heaters, in particular infrared heating and infrared heating systems
   
      Decision of the Opposition Division: Opposition upheld
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed
   
      Plea in law: Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009 (1)
   
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).