CELEX: 62019TN0582
Language: en
Date: 2019-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-582/19: Action brought on 23 August 2019 – Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management v EUIPO – Lacoste (LOVE PINK)

14.10.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 348/17
            
         
      Action brought on 23 August 2019 – Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management v EUIPO – Lacoste (LOVE PINK)
      (Case T-582/19)
      (2019/C 348/18)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc. (Reynoldsburg, Ohio, United States) (represented by: J. Dickerson, Solicitor)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Lacoste SA (Paris, France)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark LOVE PINK – Application for registration No 11 853 389
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 27 May 2019 in Case R 1078/2018-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  partially annul the contested decision, namely as far as it relates to the ground of opposition based on Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR;
               
            
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                  authorize for the registration of European Union trade mark Application No 11 853 389;
               
            
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                  order the Defendant to pay the costs of the action.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Art 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.