CELEX: 62021TN0622
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-622/21: Action brought on 29 September 2021 — Puma v EUIPO — SMB Swisspour (PUMA)

22.11.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 471/56
            
         
      Action brought on 29 September 2021 — Puma v EUIPO — SMB Swisspour (PUMA)
      (Case T-622/21)
      (2021/C 471/80)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Puma SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany) (represented by: M. Schunke and P. Trieb, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: SMB Swisspour GmbH (Wildau, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark PUMA — Application for registration No 15 740 079
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 July 2021 in Case R 2493/2019-1
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision and refuse the application for the contested mark;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including those incurred in the proceedings before the Board of Appeal.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.