CELEX: 62017TN0180
Language: en
Date: 2017-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-180/17: Action brought on 17 March 2017 — EM Research Organization v EUIPO — Christoph Fischer and Others (EM)

22.5.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 161/32
            
         Action brought on 17 March 2017 — EM Research Organization v EUIPO — Christoph Fischer and Others (EM)
   (Case T-180/17)
   (2017/C 161/45)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: EM Research Organization, Inc. (Okinawa, Japan) (represented by: J. Liesegang, M. Jost and N. Lang, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Christoph Fischer GmbH (Stephanskirchen, Germany), Ole Weinkath (Hünxe-Drevenack, Germany), Multikraft Produktions- und Handels GmbH (Pichl/Wels, Austria), Phytodor AG (Buochs, Switzerland)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: International word mark ‘EM’ — No 2 829 851
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Invalidity proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 January 2017 in Case R 2442/2015-1
   
      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 145 and the first sentence of Article 57(5) of Regulation No 207/2009;
            
         
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               Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009.