CELEX: 62021TN0261
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-261/21: Action brought on 17 May 2021 — Sturz v EUIPO — Clatronic International (STEAKER)

19.7.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 289/39
            
         
      Action brought on 17 May 2021 — Sturz v EUIPO — Clatronic International (STEAKER)
      (Case T-261/21)
      (2021/C 289/55)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Manfred Sturz (Schorndorf, Germany) (represented by: B. Bittner, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Clatronic International GmbH (Kempen, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
      
         Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark ‘STEAKER’ — European Union trade mark No 16 707 465
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 March 2021 in Case R 214/2020-2
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to pay the costs;
               
            
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                  order any intervener to bear its own costs;
               
            
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                  in the further alternative, refer the case back to the Board of Appeal.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Denial of right to be heard within the meaning of Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Failure to carry out a full examination and distortion of facts and evidence pursuant to Article 72(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
               
            
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                  Misuse of power by the Board of Appeal in not admitting evidence.