CELEX: 62021TN0344
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-344/21: Action brought on 23 June 2021 — Plusmusic v EUIPO — Groupe Canal + (+music)

16.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 329/34
            
         
      Action brought on 23 June 2021 — Plusmusic v EUIPO — Groupe Canal + (+music)
      (Case T-344/21)
      (2021/C 329/45)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Plusmusic AG (Dietikon, Suisse) (represented by: M. Maier and A. Spieß, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Groupe Canal + (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark +music — Application for registration No 17 482 571
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 April 2021 in Case R 1236/2020-5
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  partially annul the contested decision insofar as it confirms the other party’s opposition on the basis of Article 8(1)(b) EURMR;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO and the other party to bear their own costs and pay those of the Applicant.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by erroneously assessing the visual comparison of the signs;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by erroneously assessing the distinctiveness of the earlier cross device marks;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by erroneously assessing the likelihood of confusion.