2.3.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 68/70 |
Action brought on 20 January 2020 – Monster Energy v EUIPO – Nanjing aisiyou Clothing (Device of a claw-like scratch)
(Case T-35/20)
(2020/C 68/78)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Monster Energy Company (Corona, California, United States) (represented by: P. Brownlow, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: Nanjing aisiyou Clothing Co. Ltd (Nanjing City, China)
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 figurative mark representing a device of a claw-like scratch – Application for registration No 17 634 478
Procedure before EUIPO: Opposition proceedings
Contested decision: Decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 November 2019 in Case R 1104/2019-5
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the contested decision; |
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annul the decision of the Opposition Division of 21 March 2019 in Opposition B 3050458; |
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reject the opposed mark for the contested goods and services, being all goods and services covered by the application; |
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order the defendant to bear its own costs of the proceedings and pay those of the applicant. |
Pleas 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; |
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Infringement of Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council; |
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Infringement of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |