CELEX: 62016TN0638
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-638/16: Action brought on 7 September 2016 — Deichmann v EUIPO — Vans (Representation of a bar on the side of a shoe)

24.10.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 392/48
            
         Action brought on 7 September 2016 — Deichmann v EUIPO — Vans (Representation of a bar on the side of a shoe)
   (Case T-638/16)
   (2016/C 392/63)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Deichmann SE (Essen, Germany) (represented by: C. Onken, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Vans, Inc. (Cypress, California, United States of America)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU position mark (Representation of a bar on the side of a shoe) — Application No 10 263 895
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 July 2016 in Case R 408/2015-4
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               amend the contested decision so that the decision of the Opposition Division of 23 December 2014 is annulled, opposition B 001919210 accepted and EU trade mark application No 10 263 895 rejected;
            
         
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               in the alternative, annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of 6 July 2016 in Case R 408/2015-4;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009;
            
         
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               Infringement of Rules 19(2) and 20(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95, Articles 151(1) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009, and the principles of legal certainty and non-retroactivity.