CELEX: 62017TN0002
Language: en
Date: 2017-01-03 00:00:00
Title: Case T-2/17: Action brought on 3 January 2017 — J.M.-E.V. e hijos v EUIPO — Masi (MASSI)

27.2.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 63/37
            
         Action brought on 3 January 2017 — J.M.-E.V. e hijos v EUIPO — Masi (MASSI)
   (Case T-2/17)
   (2017/C 063/48)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: J.M.-E.V. e hijos, SRL (Granollers, Spain) (represented by: M. Ceballos Rodríguez and J. Güell Serra, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Alberto Masi (Milan, Italy)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘MASSI’ — EU trade mark No 414 086
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 October 2016 (rectified by decision of 3 November 2016) in Case R 793/2015-1
   
      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 application for a declaration of invalidity filed by Mr. Alberto Masi against EUTM Registration No. 414086 ‘MASSI’ in class 12;
            
         
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               order EUIPO, and the other party to the proceedings before EUIPO in case it takes part in these proceedings, to bear the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 56(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 (res judicata);
            
         
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               Lack of application of Article 53(1)(a) in connection with Article 8(2)(c) of Regulation No. 207/2009.