CELEX: 62016TN0209
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-03 00:00:00
Title: Case T-209/16: Action brought on 3 May 2016 – Apax Partners UK v EUIPO – Apax Partners Midmarket (APAX PARTNERS)

27.6.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 232/30
            
         Action brought on 3 May 2016 – Apax Partners UK v EUIPO – Apax Partners Midmarket (APAX PARTNERS)
   (Case T-209/16)
   (2016/C 232/39)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Apax Partners UK Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: D. Rose and J. Warner, Solicitors)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Apax Partners Midmarket (Paris, France)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU word mark ‘APAX PARTNERS’ – EU trade mark No 1 805 282
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 February 2016 in Case R 1611/2014-2
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision in its entirety and order the registration to be reinstated in its entirety by the EUIPO;
            
         
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               order the EUIPO and any party involved in these proceedings before the Board to pay the costs of these proceedings and those of the Appeal before the Board and the Cancellation n. 779 C before the Cancellation Division.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Articles 8(1)(a), 8(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 53(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009.