CELEX: 62016TN0893
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-893/16: Action brought on 19 December 2016 — Xiaomi v EUIPO — Apple (MI PAD)

13.2.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 46/26
            
         Action brought on 19 December 2016 — Xiaomi v EUIPO — Apple (MI PAD)
   (Case T-893/16)
   (2017/C 046/29)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Xiaomi, Inc. (Beijing, China) (represented by: T. Raab and C. Tenkhoff, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California, United States)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘MI PAD’ — Application for registration No 12 780 987
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 September 2016 in Case R 363/2016-1
   
      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 and the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.