CELEX: 62019TN0589
Language: en
Date: 2019-08-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-589/19: Action brought on 27 August 2019 — Gothe and Kunz v EUIPO — Aldi Einkauf (FAIR ZONE)

7.10.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 337/23
            
         
      Action brought on 27 August 2019 — Gothe and Kunz v EUIPO — Aldi Einkauf (FAIR ZONE)
      (Case T-589/19)
      (2019/C 337/24)
      Language in which the application was lodged: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Oliver Gothe (Cologne, Germany), Martin Kunz (London, United Kingdom) (represented by: K. Kruse, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG (Essen, Germany)
      
         Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
      
      
         Applicant for the trade mark at issue: Applicant
      
         Trade mark at issue: Application for EU word mark FAIR ZONE — EU trade mark No 16 977 852
      
         Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
      
         Contested decision: Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 July 2019 in Case R 2253/2018-4
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicants claim that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the contested decision;
               
            
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                  reject Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. OHG’s opposition;
               
            
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                  order EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         Plea in law
      
      
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                  Infringement of Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.