CELEX: 62016TN0216
Language: en
Date: 2016-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-216/16: Action brought on 11 May 2016 — Vignerons de la Méditerranée v EUIPO — Bodegas Grupo Yllera (LE VAL FRANCE)

4.7.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 243/42
            
         Action brought on 11 May 2016 — Vignerons de la Méditerranée v EUIPO — Bodegas Grupo Yllera (LE VAL FRANCE)
   (Case T-216/16)
   (2016/C 243/46)
   Language in which the application was lodged: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Vignerons de la Méditerranée (Narbonne, France) (represented by: M. Karsenty-Ricard, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Bodegas Grupo Yllera SL (Rueda, Spain)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark featuring the word elements ‘LE VAL FRANCE’ — Application for registration No 12 162 921
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 March 2016 in Case R 427/2015-5
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision;
            
         
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               reject opposition No B 2 307 737 brought by the company Bodegas Grupo Yllera SL against EU trade mark application No 12 162 921 submitted by the company Vignerons de la Méditerranée;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009.