CELEX: 62020TN0498
Language: en
Date: 2020-08-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-498/20: Action brought on 5 August 2020 — Diego v EUIPO — Forbo Financial Services (WOOD STEP LAMINATE FLOORING)

12.10.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 339/24
            
         
      Action brought on 5 August 2020 — Diego v EUIPO — Forbo Financial Services (WOOD STEP LAMINATE FLOORING)
      (Case T-498/20)
      (2020/C 339/30)
      Language in which the application was lodged: Hungarian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Diego Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (Dabas, Hungary) (represented by: P. Jalsovszky, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Forbo Financial Services AG (Baar, Switzerland)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant
      
         Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark WOOD STEP LAMINATE FLOORING — Application for registration No 17675802
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 June 2019 in Case R 1630/2019-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the General Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  declare that there is no likelihood of confusion between the marks STEP and WOOD STEP Laminate Flooring;
               
            
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                  order that the mark at issue be registered by EUIPO;
               
            
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                  order that the opposition proceedings be dismissed by EUIPO;
               
            
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                  order the unsuccessful party to pay the costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
               
            
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                  Infringement of article 7(1)(b), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
               
            
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                  Infringement of article 8(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
               
            
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                  Infringement of Article 26(2) TFEU.
               
            
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                  Infringement of Articles 34 and 35 TFEU