CELEX: 62016TN0115
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-115/16: Action brought on 18 March 2016 — Sandvik Intellectual Property v EUIPO — Unipapel (ADVEON)

13.6.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/54
            
         
      Action brought on 18 March 2016 — Sandvik Intellectual Property v EUIPO — Unipapel (ADVEON)
      (Case T-115/16)
      (2016/C 211/68)
      Language in which the application was lodged: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB (Sandviken, Sweden) (represented by: S. Maaßen, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Unipapel Industria, Comercio y Servicios, SL (Madrid, Spain)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
      
         Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word in standard characters ‘ADVEON’ — International registration designating the European Union No 1 164 374
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 January 2016 in Case R 738/2015-4
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  modify the contested decision such that the opposition is rejected and the designation of international registration IR 1164374 to the European Union is allowed;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, or;
               
            
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                  order the other party to the proceedings to pay the costs of the proceedings;
               
            
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                  stay the proceedings until the European Court of Justice has submitted its decision in the procedure regarding the request for a preliminary ruling from Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 7 December 2015 in the matter Länsförsäkringar AB v A/S Matek (Case C-654/15).
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Art. 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.