CELEX: 62016TN0271
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-271/16: Action brought on 30 May 2016 – Pempe v EUIPO – Marshall Amplification (THOMAS MARSHALL GARMENTS OF LEGENDS)

11.7.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 251/45
            
         Action brought on 30 May 2016 – Pempe v EUIPO – Marshall Amplification (THOMAS MARSHALL GARMENTS OF LEGENDS)
   (Case T-271/16)
   (2016/C 251/52)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Yusuf Pempe (Créteil, France) (represented by: A. Vivès-Albertini, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Marshall Amplification plc (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word elements ‘THOMAS MARSHALL GARMENTS OF LEGENDS’ – Application for registration No 11 570 264
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 March 2016 in Case R 376/2015-5
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision;
            
         
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               reject the oppostion in its entirety;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of the provisions of Regulation No 207/2009 concerning the proof of use and the likelihood of confusion between signs.