CELEX: 62019TN0801
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-801/19: Application lodged on 20 November 2019 — DTE Systems v EUIPO — Speed-Buster (PedalBox +)

27.1.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 27/63
            
         
      Application lodged on 20 November 2019 — DTE Systems v EUIPO — Speed-Buster (PedalBox +)
      (Case T-801/19)
      (2020/C 27/62)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties to the proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: DTE Systems GmbH (Recklinghausen, Germany) (represented by: U. Vietmeyer, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Speed-Buster GmbH & Co. KG (Sinzig, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
      
         Trade mark at issue: EU word mark PedalBox + — EU trade mark No 16 637 266
      
         Proceedings before EUIPO: Cancellation proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 5 September 2019 in Case R 1934/2018-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      
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                  Annul the decisions of the defendant’s Cancellation Division of 1 August 2018, No 16 223 C (invalidity) and of the defendant’s First Board of Appeal of 5 September 2019 in Case R 1934/2018-1;
               
            
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                  Maintain EU trade mark No 16 637 266 on the register in its entirety, as registered and certified by the defendant;
               
            
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                  In the alternative, in the event that the General Court considers that other findings of fact are necessary, order the defendant to adopt a new decision on the need to preserve the availability of the term ‘PedalBox +’, without taking into account product designations of the companies SPEED-BUSTER GmbH & Co. KG., Mosaikweg 18, 53489 Sinzig, Germany, or CPA Performance GmbH, Jurastrasse 1, 73119 Zell unter Aichelberg, Germany.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 59(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.