CELEX: 62021TN0204
Language: en
Date: 2021-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-204/21: Action brought on 14 April 2021 — Stryker v EUIPO (RUGGED)

7.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 217/64
            
         
      Action brought on 14 April 2021 — Stryker v EUIPO (RUGGED)
      (Case T-204/21)
      (2021/C 217/81)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Stryker Corp. (Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States) (represented by: I. Fowler, I. Junkar, and B. Worbes, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Trade mark at issue: International registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark RUGGED
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 26 January 2021 in Case R 370/2020-5
      
         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.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 71(1) read in conjunction with Article 67 Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and lack of competence by exceeding the limits of its power;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 7(3) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council and incorrect statement that the evidence filed in relation to acquired distinctiveness is insufficient;
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 94(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council for failing to state reasons for its decision.