CELEX: 62018TN0013
Language: en
Date: 2018-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-13/18: Action brought on 15 January 2018 — Crédit mutuel Arkéa v EUIPO — Confédération nationale du Crédit mutuel (Crédit Mutuel)

12.3.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 94/30
            
         Action brought on 15 January 2018 — Crédit mutuel Arkéa v EUIPO — Confédération nationale du Crédit mutuel (Crédit Mutuel)
   (Case T-13/18)
   (2018/C 094/40)
   Language in which the application was lodged: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Crédit mutuel Arkéa (Le Relecq Kerhuon, France) (represented by: A. Casalonga, F. Codevelle and C. Bercial Arias, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Confédération nationale du Crédit mutuel (Paris, France)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
   
      Trade mark at issue: European Union word mark ‘Crédit Mutuel’ — European Union trade mark No 9 943 135
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 November 2017 in Case R 1724/2016-5
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision in so far as it concedes that the European Union trade mark No 9 943 135 ‘Crédit Mutuel’ has a distinctive character through use for certain goods in Classes 9, 35 and 36;
            
         
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               annul the contested decision in so far as it recognises the distinctive character of the European Union trade mark No 9 943 135 ‘Crédit Mutuel’ for certain goods in Classes 9, 16, 36, 38, 42 and 45;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 52(1)(a), read in combination with Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(3), of Regulation No 207/2009.