CELEX: 62018TN0695
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-695/18: Action brought on 26 November 2018 — Werner v EUIPO — Merck (fLORAMED)

21.1.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 25/61
            
         
      Action brought on 26 November 2018 — Werner v EUIPO — Merck (fLORAMED)
      (Case T-695/18)
      (2019/C 25/79)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Stefan Werner (Baldham, Germany) (represented by: T. Büttner, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant
      
         Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark ‘fLORAMED’ — Registration No 15 336 639
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 September 2018 in Case R 197/2018-2
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision, as well as the decision of the Opposition Division of 24 November 2017, to reject the application for a trade mark in respect of all the goods claimed, which upheld the opposition brought by the opposing party on 7 October 2016.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.