CELEX: 62021TN0548
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Case T-548/21: Action brought on 3 September 2021 — Rochem Group v EUIPO — Rochem Marine (ROCHEM)

18.10.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 422/36
            
         
      Action brought on 3 September 2021 — Rochem Group v EUIPO — Rochem Marine (ROCHEM)
      (Case T-548/21)
      (2021/C 422/47)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Rochem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland) (represented by: K. Guridi Sedlak, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Rochem Marine Srl (Genoa, Italy)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark ROCHEM — International registration designating the European Union No 1 151 545
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 June 2021 in Case R 1546/2019-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  stay the proceeding until a final judgement has been taken in the proceeding before the court of Milan against the Italian trade mark 933481 ROCHEM MARINE (fig.);
               
            
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                  in the alternative, annul the contested decision, ordering that the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO renders a new decision, refusing the declaration of invalidation filed against the international registration No 1 151 545 ROCHEM (word) against the classes 11 and 40;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, should the latter appear before the Court, to bear their own costs and the fees and costs of the applicant.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Articles 18 and 64(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.