CELEX: 62017TN0238
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-238/17: Action brought on 25 April 2017 — Gugler v EUIPO — Gugler France (GUGLER)

19.6.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 195/39
            
         Action brought on 25 April 2017 — Gugler v EUIPO — Gugler France (GUGLER)
   (Case T-238/17)
   (2017/C 195/53)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Alexander Gugler (Maxdorf, Germany) (represented by: M.-C. Simon, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Gugler France (Besançon, France)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word element ‘GUGLER’ — EU trade mark No 3 324 902
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 January 2017 in Case R 1008/2016-1
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision in so far as it regards the cancellation of the EU trade mark registration No 3 324 902 and the obligation to bear the cancellation applicant’s costs of EUR 550;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to bear the applicant’s costs in relation to the present proceedings.
            
         
      Plea(s) in law
   
   
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               Violation of the principle of sound administration;
            
         
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               Infringement of Articles 8(4) and 54(2) Regulation No 207/2009.