CELEX: 62016TN0722
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-722/16: Action brought on 12 October 2016 — Mapei v EUIPO — Steenfabrieken Vandersanden (zerø)

12.12.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 462/31
            
         Action brought on 12 October 2016 — Mapei v EUIPO — Steenfabrieken Vandersanden (zerø)
   (Case T-722/16)
   (2016/C 462/40)
   Language in which the application was lodged: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Mapei SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: F. Caricato, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Steenfabrieken Vandersanden NV (Bilzen, Belgium)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Party applying for the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark containing the word element ‘zerø’ — Application for registration No 13 031 612
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 July 2016 in Case R 2371/2015-1
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision and, consequently, register mark No 13 031 612 in respect of all the goods claimed, without prejudice to those goods already covered, or, in the alternative, refer the case back to EUIPO in order for it to reverse its own decision by granting registration of the mark in accordance with the findings of the Court;
            
         
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               order the other party to pay the costs.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8 of Regulation No 207/2009.