CELEX: 62016TN0447
Language: en
Date: 2016-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-447/16: Action brought on 4 August 2016 — Pirelli Tyre v EUIPO — Yokohama Rubber (Representation of a tyre tread)

26.9.2016   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 350/27
            
         Action brought on 4 August 2016 — Pirelli Tyre v EUIPO — Yokohama Rubber (Representation of a tyre tread)
   (Case T-447/16)
   (2016/C 350/33)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Pirelli Tyre SpA (Milan, Italy) (represented by: T. Müller and F. Togo, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: figurative mark (representation of a tyre tread — EU trade mark No 2 319 176)
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Proceedings for a declaration of invalidity
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 April 2016 in Case R 2583/2014-5
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision insofar as it declared the trademark invalid and ordered the applicant to bear the costs of proceedings before the Office.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 52(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 7(1)(b)(e) and (ii) of Regulation No 207/2009.