CELEX: 62017TN0112
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-112/17: Action brought on 17 February 2017 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)

24.4.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 129/25
            
         Action brought on 17 February 2017 — Pelikan v EUIPO — NBA Properties (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)
   (Case T-112/17)
   (2017/C 129/38)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Hannover, Germany) (represented by: U. Hildebrandt, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: NBA Properties, Inc. (New York, New York, United States)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark in black and white containing the word elements ‘NEW ORLEANS PELICANS’ — Application for registration No 11 518 487
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 December 2016 in Case R 408/2016-4
   
      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.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) and (5) of Regulation No 207/2009.