CELEX: 62018TN0463
Language: en
Date: 2018-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-463/18: Action brought on 30 July 2018 — Novartis v EUIPO (SMARTSURFACE)

1.10.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 352/40
            
         
      Action brought on 30 July 2018 — Novartis v EUIPO (SMARTSURFACE)
      (Case T-463/18)
      (2018/C 352/47)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) (represented by: L. Junquera Lara, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SMARTSURFACE — Application for registration No 16 492 076
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 May 2018 in Case R 1765/2017-2
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  declare that Articles 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation No. 207/2009 do not preclude the sign at issue (Community Trademark No. 16 492 076) in respect of the goods in Class 09 described in the application for registration and;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Articles 7(1)(b) and (c) and 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.