CELEX: 62017TN0214
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-214/17: Action brought on 6 April 2017 — Out of the blue v EUIPO — Dubois and MFunds USA (FUNNY BANDS)

6.6.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 178/29
            
         Action brought on 6 April 2017 — Out of the blue v EUIPO — Dubois and MFunds USA (FUNNY BANDS)
   (Case T-214/17)
   (2017/C 178/43)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Out of the blue KG (Lilienthal, Germany) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt, V. Töbelmann and A. Zarm, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Frédéric Dubois (Lasne, Belgium) and MFunds USA LLC (Miami Beach, Florida, United States)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietors of the trade mark at issue: Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘FUNNY BANDS’ — EU trade mark No 9 350 794
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20/01/2017 in Case R 1081/2016-2)
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               overturn the contested decision;
            
         
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               declare the EU trade mark No 009 350 794‘FUNNY BANDS’ invalid pursuant to Articles 52(1)(a), 7(1)(b) and (c) EUTMR;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay its own costs as well as the costs of the applicant;
            
         
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               in the event that the EUTM Proprietors join in these proceedings as an intervening party, order it to bear its own costs.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009.