CELEX: 62020TN0284
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-284/20: Action brought on 13 May 2020 — Klaus Berthold v EUIPO — Thomann (HB Harley Benton)

6.7.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 222/36
            
         
      Action brought on 13 May 2020 — Klaus Berthold v EUIPO — Thomann (HB Harley Benton)
      (Case T-284/20)
      (2020/C 222/39)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Klaus Berthold Besitzgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG (Thalhausen, Germany) (represented by: E. Strauß, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Thomann GmbH (Burgebrach, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
      
         Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark HB Harley Benton — International registration designating the European Union No 1 380 752
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 March 2020 in Case R 1359/2019-4
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision and allow the opposition against the registration of international registration No 1 380 752 in the European Union for the goods in Class 25;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to refuse the registration of international registration No 1 380 752 in the European Union for the goods in Class 25;
               
            
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                  order the other party to the proceedings to pay the costs of the proceedings before EUIPO and, if appropriate, order EUIPO to pay the costs of the present proceedings.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.