CELEX: 62017TN0215
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-215/17: Action brought on 7 April 2017 — Pear Technologies v EUIPO — Apple (PEAR)

29.5.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 168/33
            
         Action brought on 7 April 2017 — Pear Technologies v EUIPO — Apple (PEAR)
   (Case T-215/17)
   (2017/C 168/44)
   Language in which the application was lodged: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Pear Technologies Ltd (Macau, China) (represented by: J. Coldham, Solicitor and E. Himsworth, QC)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California, United States)
   
      Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
   
   
      Applicant: Applicant
   
      Trade mark at issue: EU figurative mark containing the word element ‘PEAR’ — Application for registration No 13 115 076
   
      Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
   
      Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 18 January 2017 in Case R 860/2016-5
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the contested decision; and/or
            
         
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               remit the matter for further consideration by the Board of Appeal;
            
         
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               order EUIPO to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs incurred by the Applicant before the Board of Appeal;
            
         
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               order the other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal, should it intervene, to pay the costs of the proceedings, including the costs incurred by the Applicant before the Board of Appeal.
            
         
      Plea in law
   
   
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               Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009.