CELEX: 62016TN0721
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-721/16: Action brought on 7 October 2016 — Luxottica Group v EUIPO — Chen (BeyBeni)

5.12.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 454/31
            
         
      Action brought on 7 October 2016 — Luxottica Group v EUIPO — Chen (BeyBeni)
      (Case T-721/16)
      (2016/C 454/53)
      Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Luxottica Group S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) (represented by: E.M. Ochoa Santamaría and I. Aparicio Martínez, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Xian Chen (Wenzhou, China)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
      
         Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark containing the word element ‘BeyBeni’ — Application for registration No 12 511 317
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 June 2016 in Case R 675/2015-5
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  uphold the application by annulling the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 June 2016 in Case R 675/2015-5 and by refusing registration of the EU trade mark No 12 511 317 ‘BeyBeni’ pursuant to the provisions of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009;
               
            
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                  order the defendant to pay the costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 in respect of the analysis of the conditions for its application.
               
            
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                  Infringement of Articles 63(2) and 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 in respect of a possible infringement of the right of the defence and the right to be heard at the appeal stage.