CELEX: 62018TN0685
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-685/18: Action brought on 16 November 2018 — Apple v EUIPO — Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)

21.1.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 25/57
            
         
      Action brought on 16 November 2018 — Apple v EUIPO — Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)
      (Case T-685/18)
      (2019/C 25/74)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California, United States) (represented by: J. Olsen and P. Andreottola, Solicitors)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication SCRL (La Hulpe, Belgium)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Applicant before the General Court
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark SWIFT — Application for registration No 13 370 861
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 August 2018 in Case R 476/2018-5
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  uphold the applicant’s appeal against the contested decision in its entirety;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to pay the costs of the applicant.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.