CELEX: 62021TN0590
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-590/21: Action brought on 14 September 2021 — Guangdong Camel Apparel v EUIPO — Worldwide Brands (CAMEL CROWN)

15.11.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 462/54
            
         
      Action brought on 14 September 2021 — Guangdong Camel Apparel v EUIPO — Worldwide Brands (CAMEL CROWN)
      (Case T-590/21)
      (2021/C 462/65)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Guangdong Camel Apparel Co. Ltd (Foshan City, China) (represented by: C. Bercial Arias and F. Codevelle, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (Cologne, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark CAMEL CROWN — Application for registration No 17 882 201
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 June 2021 in Joined Cases R 159/2020-5 and R 184/2020-5
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  upheld the appeal;
               
            
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO and the intervener, if it was the case, to bear the costs incurred by the applicant before the General Court.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, by reason of the erroneous assessment of the existence of a likelihood of confusion between the marks.