CELEX: 62018TN0259
Language: en
Date: 2018-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-259/18: Action brought on 23 April 2018 — Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg v EUIPO — EuroChem Agro (Unifoska)

201806080201931232018/C 221/412592018TC22120180625EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180423353511Case T-259/18: Action brought on 23 April 2018 — Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg v EUIPO — EuroChem Agro (Unifoska)
 ---documentbreak--- C2212018EN3510120180423EN0041351351Action brought on 23 April 2018 — Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg v EUIPO — EuroChem Agro (Unifoska)
   (Case T-259/18)2018/C 221/41Language in which the application was lodged: English
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Zakłady Chemiczne ‘Siarkopol’ Tarnobrzeg sp. z o.o. (Tarnobrzeg, Poland) (represented by: M. Kondrat, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: EuroChem Agro GmbH (Mannheim, Germany).
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU word mark Unifoska — Application for registration No 015017841
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 February 2018 in Case R 1503/2017-5.
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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            annul the contested decision and refer the case back to the EUIPO for reconsideration;
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            alter the contested decision by stating that there are no relative grounds for refusal of registration of the EUTMA 01501784 ‘Unifoska’ for all goods in class 1 and the trademark shall be registered;
         
      
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            award the costs in the Applicant's favor.
         
      
      Pleas in law
   
   
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            Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 2017/1001;
         
      
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            Infringement of principle of the protection of legitimate expectations and principle of legal certainty.