CELEX: 62017TN0796
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-796/17: Action brought on 6 December 2017 — Mouldpro v EUIPO — Wenz Kunststoff (MOULDPRO)

29.1.2018   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 32/46
            
         Action brought on 6 December 2017 — Mouldpro v EUIPO — Wenz Kunststoff (MOULDPRO)
   (Case T-796/17)
   (2018/C 032/61)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Mouldpro ApS (Ballerup, Denmark) (represented by: W Rebernik, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Wenz Kunststoff GmbH & Co. KG (Lüdenscheid, Germany)
   
      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: EU word mark ‘MOULDPRO’ — EU trade mark No 10 022 317
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 October 2017 in Case R 2153/2015-4
   
      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, including the costs of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Unlawful registration by an agent or representative, CTMR article 51(1)(b), in conjunction with article 8(3);
            
         
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               Earlier non registered trademark rights used in the course of trade CTMR article 53(1)(c), in conjunction with article 8(4);
            
         
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               The EUTM was applied in bad faith by the proprietor CMTR article 52(1)(b).