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Title: Case T-721/16: Action brought on 7 October 2016 — Luxottica Group v EUIPO — Chen (BeyBeni)
Date: 2016-10-07T02:00:00.000+02:00
Metadata: {"title": "Case T-721/16: Action brought on 7 October 2016 \u2014 Luxottica Group v EUIPO \u2014 Chen (BeyBeni)", "celex": "62016TN0721", "date_of_document": "2016-10-07T00:00:00.000Z", "ecli": "ECLI:EU:UNKNOWN:62016TN0721", "author": "General Court", "form": "Judicial information"}

#### 5.12.2016   

EN

#### Official Journal of the European Union

#### C 454/31

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# Action brought on 7 October 2016 — Luxottica Group v EUIPO — Chen (BeyBeni)

#### (Case T-721/16)

(2016/C 454/53)

Language in which the application was lodged: Spanish

## **Parties**

*Applicant: Luxottica Group S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) (represented by: E.M. Ochoa Santamaría and I. Aparicio Martínez, lawyers)*

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Xian Chen (Wenzhou, China)

## **Details of the proceedings before EUIPO**

*Proprietor of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal*

*Trade mark at issue: European Union figurative mark containing the word element ‘BeyBeni’ — Application for registration No 12 511 317*

*Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings*

*Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 June 2016 in Case R 675/2015-5*

## **Form of order sought**

The applicant claims that the Court should:

    uphold the application by annulling the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 June 2016 in Case R 675/2015-5 and by refusing registration of the EU trade mark No 12 511 317 ‘BeyBeni’ pursuant to the provisions of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009;

    order the defendant to pay the costs.

## **Pleas in law**

    Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation No 207/2009 in respect of the analysis of the conditions for its application.

    Infringement of Articles 63(2) and 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 in respect of a possible infringement of the right of the defence and the right to be heard at the appeal stage.

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