14.1.2019 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 16/52 |
Action brought on 29 October 2018 — August Wolff v EUIPO — Faes Farma (DermoFaes)
(Case T-643/18)
(2019/C 16/63)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel (Bielefeld, Germany) (represented by: A. Thünken, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Faes Farma, SA (Lamiaco-Leioa, Spain)
Details of the proceedings before EUIPO
Applicant of the trade mark at issue: Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal
Trade mark at issue: Application for European Union word mark DermoFaes — Application for registration No 15 069 289
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 June 2018 in Case R 1842/2017-2
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the contested decision; |
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uphold the opposition and reject the contested application; |
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order EUIPO and, as the case may be, the intervener to bear the costs of the proceedings and the costs incurred by proceedings before EUIPO. |
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. |