CELEX: 62017TN0469
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-469/17: Action brought on 28 July 2017 — The Scotch Whisky Association v EUIPO — José Estévez (JOHN COR)

18.9.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 309/38
            
         Action brought on 28 July 2017 — The Scotch Whisky Association v EUIPO — José Estévez (JOHN COR)
   (Case T-469/17)
   (2017/C 309/50)
   Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: The Scotch Whisky Association (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) (represented by: F. Rodríguez Domínguez and J. Gracia Albero, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: José Estévez, SA (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain)
   
      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: European Union word mark ‘JOHN COR’ — European Union trade mark No 10 965 937
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 May 2017 in Case R 1290/2016-2
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the General Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Articles 64(1) and 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009.
            
         
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               Infringement of Article 52(1)(a), in conjunction with Article 7(1)(g) and (j), of Regulation No 207/2009.